Iron Creek

The Iron Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 308 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: Iron Creek
Secondary: Telegram Creek
Secondary: Telegraph Creek
Secondary: Tolbert Scott
Secondary: Stanley Horton
Secondary: No. 4 Above Discovery
Secondary: No. 10 Below
Secondary: Dome Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Mercury

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: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1917
Description: 500 Yards Processed. 23 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1952
Description: 9 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1952
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 19 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 96 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 1533 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1939
Description: 188 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 38 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 9,482 Yards Processed. 91 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 10,082 Yards Processed. 222 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 35,000 Yards Processed. 200 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 11 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1941
Description: 181 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1939
Description: 20 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1935
Description: 65 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 1,975 Yards Processed. 57 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 1,000 Yards Processed. 111 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 1,200 Yards Processed. 116 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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): UNREPORTED PRODUCTION DURING 1993 BY WESTERN ARCTIC MINING (SR 48).

References

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 053-074

Reference (Deposit): BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,

Reference (Deposit): AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1993, P. 27.

Reference (Deposit): B314k pp. 162-163

Reference (Deposit): B379q pp. 322-327, 345

Reference (Deposit): B442s pp. 363-364

Reference (Deposit): B592u p. 393

Reference (Deposit): B622r p. 372

Reference (Deposit): B722f p. 217

Reference (Deposit): MR192-2 p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 66

Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 65

Reference (Deposit): B926A pp. 61, 71-72

Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 58, 68

Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 118

Reference (Deposit): MF445

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 45

Reference (Deposit): OF512 pp. 1, 9-10

Reference (Deposit): SR38 p. 25

Reference (Deposit): SP4 p. 116

Reference (Deposit): B225 p. 53

Reference (Deposit): B259b p. 23

Reference (Deposit): B284n p. 136

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