The Twin Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,804 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,804 Feet (550 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 62.3389, -151.52780
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Twin Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Twin Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: 1966
Description: 42 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1966
Description: 9,825 Yards Processed. 262 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1965
Description: 42 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1965
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1964
Description: 43 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1964
Description: 282 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 224 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 180,000 Yards Processed. 1330 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1952
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1952
Description: 300 Yards Processed. 8 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
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 A003423 USGS CRIB A003428 USGS CRIB A003472 USGS CRIB A003442 USGS CRIB A003420
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-047
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-010
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1993, P. 32.
Reference (Deposit): AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.
Reference (Deposit): BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 14
Reference (Deposit): MF369
Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 35
Reference (Deposit): B755c p. 131
Reference (Deposit): B534 p. 70
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-055
Reference (Deposit): B520j p. 198
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