The Switch Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,699 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: 1,699 Feet (518 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.4694, -144.89390
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Switch Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Switch Creek
Secondary: Four
Secondary: Five
Secondary: Seven
Secondary: Six
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
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
Owner Name: James A. Wilde
Info Year: 1981
Owner Name: Hutchinson, Robert
Info Year: 1981
Production
Year: 1950
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 6 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 13 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 18 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1943
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1941
Description: 15 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1941
Description: 24 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 203 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 11,000 Yards Processed. 227 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 27 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1926
Description: 33 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 106 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 1,500 Yards Processed. 24 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 29 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 56 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 12 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1916
Description: 1,500 Yards Processed. 176 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1951
Description: 37 Yards Processed. 6 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 133 Yards Processed. 9 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1961
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1960
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1959
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1958
Description: 12 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1953
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1952
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1952
Description: 25 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1951
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1931
Description: 400 Yards Processed. 19 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 1,200 Yards Processed. 101 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 1,500 Yards Processed. 82 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 2,650 Yards Processed. 100 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 6,000 Yards Processed. 193 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 274 Yards Processed. 192 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 1,333 Yards Processed. 361 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 1,000 Yards Processed. 79 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: 1,150 Yards Processed. 178 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 2,500 Yards Processed. 17 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 41 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 109 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1943
Description: 27 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 306 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 78 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1958
Description: 225 Yards Processed. 36 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1956
Description: 1,780 Yards Processed. 16 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1953
Description: 6 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1961
Description: 533 Yards Processed. 17 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1960
Description: 1,630 Yards Processed. 24 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 11 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
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): USGS CRIB D002684
References
Reference (Deposit): B520n p. 245
Reference (Deposit): B538 pp. 60-62
Reference (Deposit): B542j p. 212
Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 61
Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 63
Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 56
Reference (Deposit): MR195-7 p. 55
Reference (Deposit): MR195-8 p. 45
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 36
Reference (Deposit): B824d pp. 161-164
Reference (Deposit): B480j p. 163
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-020
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-092A
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-092B
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-093
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-118
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-129
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-187
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-200
Reference (Deposit): B251 p. 59
Reference (Deposit): B284l p. 126
Reference (Deposit): B314n p. 192
Reference (Deposit): B442n p. 235
Reference (Deposit): B442o pp. 248-250
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, 1994, P. 30.
Reference (Deposit): MR195-10 pp. 82-83
Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 37
Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 35
Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 38
Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 39
Reference (Deposit): B1374 p. 122
Reference (Deposit): OF76-633 pp. 60-61
Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82
Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 43
Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 50
Reference (Deposit): B897C pp. 236-238, 245-248
Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 49
Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 48
Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 44
Reference (Deposit): TDM1 p. 37
Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 490714 p. 6
Reference (Deposit): MR50-3 p. 4
Reference (Deposit): C335 p. 4
Reference (Deposit): IR RHS 6004 p. 5
Reference (Deposit): MF391
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 37
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