The Mineral Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,001 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
Elevation: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.2981, -143.36940
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Mineral Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mineral Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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: Joseph E. Vogler And Doris L Vogler
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976
Production
Year: 1935
Description: 17 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 450 Yards Processed. 85 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 200 Yards Processed. 33 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 222 Yards Processed. 34 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 500 Yards Processed. 33 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 111 Yards Processed. 42 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 20 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 1,000 Yards Processed. 131 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1906
Description: 208 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
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 1947: 660 OZ AU, 32 OZ AG (USBM AFOC FILES). SOURCE OF GOLD IS THE TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE (B314-K).
References
Reference (Deposit): B816 p. 165
Reference (Deposit): B897C pp. 255-257
Reference (Deposit): B917D pp. 250, 254
Reference (Deposit): MF390
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 66
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-001
Reference (Deposit): B295 p. 23
Reference (Deposit): B314n pp. 203-204
Reference (Deposit): B520k pp. 201, 209-210
Reference (Deposit): B538 pp. 74-75
Reference (Deposit): B542j p. 213
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