Napoleon Creek

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

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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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