The Napoleon Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,581 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,581 Feet (482 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 64.1069, -141.71940
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Napoleon Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Napoleon Creek
Secondary: Wicks Bar
Secondary: Discovery 1-5, 7
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Vernon Weaver
Company ID: 5000312
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1985
Owner Name: G. A. Hanks And Sons
Company ID: 5000312
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1983
Owner Name: G. A. Hanks
Company ID: 5000312
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1977
Owner Name: John Rambaud
Company ID: 5000312
Percent: 44.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1977
Owner Name: Bayless, Alice E. And Rambaud, John
Company ID: 5000312
Percent: 56.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1977
Production
Year: 1922
Description: 3,000 Yards Processed. 29 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 100 Yards Processed. 11 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 350 Yards Processed. 143 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 12 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 81 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 12 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 77 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1926
Description: 42 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 250 Yards Processed. 20 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 13 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1957
Description: 951 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1956
Description: 4,340 Yards Processed. 112 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 18 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1948
Description: 137 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 140 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 45 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1945
Description: 17 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1936
Description: 17 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 45 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 59 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 3,300 Yards Processed. 16 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 5,800 Yards Processed. 86 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1957
Description: 189 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 18 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 50,000 Yards Processed. 113 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1948
Description: 33 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 22 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 35,000 Yards Processed. 284 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1945
Description: 114 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1959: 2,612 OZ. OF GOLD AND 371 OZ OF SILVER (USBMAFOC FILES). G.A. HANKS CREW (2) WORKED CREEK WITH DOZER (CARNES-1975). THERE IS A VARIETY OF BEDROCK: THE UPPER VALLEY IS SCHISTS INTRUDED BY GRANITIC ROCKS, THE LOWER VALLEY (PALEOZOIC) IS PRINCIPALLY GREENSTONES AND LST, FRAGMENTAL ROCKS FROM SANDST. TO CGL, AND ALSO FRESH BASALT. THE GOLD IS ALL IN THE BEDROCK WITH AVERAGE 11 FT. DEPTH (B375).
References
Reference (Deposit): B1281 p. 20
Reference (Deposit): MF393
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 73
Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 p. 27
Reference (Deposit): AK MINE LICENSE-1983
Reference (Deposit): AK MINE LICENSE-1985
Reference (Deposit): SAUNDERS, R.H. MINING OPERATIONS IN THE FORTYMILE DISTRICT,
Reference (Deposit): FAIRBANKS PRECINCT, 1953. AK. TERR. DEPT. OF MINES MINER.
Reference (Deposit): REP. MR 60-4, 1953, 10 PP.
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, J.A. ACTIVE MINING OPERATIONS IN THE FORTYMILE
Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT OF THE FAIRBANKS PRECINCT IN 1951. AK. TERR. DEPT.
Reference (Deposit): OF MINES MINER. REP. MR 60-3A, 1951, 3 PP.
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, J.A. MINING OPERATIONS IN THE FORTYMILE DISTRICT
Reference (Deposit): FAIRBANKS RECORDING DISTRICT. AK. TERR. DEPT. OF MINES
Reference (Deposit): MINER. REP. MR 60-3, 1950, 5 PP.
Reference (Deposit): ROEHM. J.C. REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS AND ITINERARY OF J.C.
Reference (Deposit): ROEHM, ASSOCIATE MINING ENGINEER, TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT OF
Reference (Deposit): MINES IN THE FORTYMILE PRECINCT, ALASKA. AK. TERR. DEPT. OF
Reference (Deposit): MINES INVEST. REP. IR 60-1, 1949, 9 PP.
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, A.H. THE ALASKA MINING INDUSTRY IN 1915. U.S. GEOL
Reference (Deposit): SURV. BULL. 642, 1916, PP. 62-63.
Reference (Deposit): SWAINBANK, R.C., T.K. BUNDTZEN, A.H. CLOUGH, E.W. HANSEN,
Reference (Deposit): AND M.G. NELSON. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSRTY, 1991. AK. GEOL
Reference (Deposit): SURV. SPEC. REP. NO. 47, 1992, P. 30.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E. GEOLOGY OF THE YUKON GOLD DISTRICT, ALASKA.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOL. SURV. 18TH ANNU. REP., PT III, 1898, PP. 252-253.
Reference (Deposit): BURLEIGH, R.E., AND K.G. LEAR. COMPILATION OF DATA FOR
Reference (Deposit): PHASE 1 OF THE MINERAL RESOURCE EVALUATION OF THE BUREAU OF
Reference (Deposit): LAND MANAGEMENT BLACK RIVER AND FORTYMILE RIVER SUBUNITS.
Reference (Deposit): BUMINES OFR 48-94, 1994, 116 PP.
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 060-039
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 060-045
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 060-054
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 060-154
Reference (Deposit): B251 p. 52
Reference (Deposit): B284l p. 126
Reference (Deposit): B345k pp. 194, 197
Reference (Deposit): B375 pp. 35, 40-41
Reference (Deposit): B379b p. 53
Reference (Deposit): B442n p. 244
Reference (Deposit): B480j p. 170
Reference (Deposit): B520l p. 215
Reference (Deposit): B542j p. 216
Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 22
Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 32
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 37
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 38
Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 36
Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 43
Reference (Deposit): B897C pp. 183-185
Reference (Deposit): B1271G p. 28
Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 37
Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 42
Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 42
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