Switch Creek

The Switch Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,699 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: 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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