Hungry Creek

The Hungry Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 400 feet.

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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: Hungry Creek
Secondary: Irish Claim
Secondary: Swede Claim
Secondary: Corrington's First

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1946
Description: 15 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1945
Description: 46 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1945
Description: 385 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 101 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 100 Yards Processed. 19 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1927
Description: 212 Yards Processed. 41 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 1,000 Yards Processed. 42 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 400 Yards Processed. 24 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 177 Yards Processed. 31 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 99 Yards Processed. 19 Troy Ounces Gold

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
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 (Deposit): M.S. 1109

References

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 052-098

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 052-099

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 052-278

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 052-302

Reference (Deposit): SP4 pp. 69, 92, 94-95

Reference (Deposit): B328 p. 214

Reference (Deposit): TDM5R p. 17

Reference (Deposit): MF463

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