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Flume Creek

The Flume Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,043 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

Name: Flume Creek

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation: 1,043 Feet (318 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 65.00001, -147.53470

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Flume Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Flume Creek
Secondary: Pedro Creek
Secondary: Handt Bros.
Secondary: Boswell Claims
Secondary: The Pie Fraction
Secondary: 15 1/2 Mile Creek
Secondary: Lucy J.
Secondary: Fairbanks Exploration Co.
Secondary: Pollyanna Assn.
Secondary: U. S. S. R. & M. Co.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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
Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Taylor, A. J.
Company ID: 5001330
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1984

Owner Name: Ma Cryer Mine- Roger F. Brodis
Company ID: 5001330
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: R. Taylor- R. Patly
Company ID: 5001330
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: Flume Creek Mining Co.-Harry Pannick
Company ID: 5001330
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1980

Production

Year: 1966
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Silver
 Year: 1966
Description: 2,000 Yards Processed. 46 Troy Ounces Gold
 Year: 1965
Description: 17 Troy Ounces Silver
 Year: 1965
Description: 5,650 Yards Processed. 113 Troy Ounces Gold
 Year: 1964
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
 Year: 1964
Description: 300 Yards Processed. 6 Troy Ounces Gold
 Year: 1963
Description: 14 Troy Ounces Silver
 Year: 1963
Description: 4,550 Yards Processed. 95 Troy Ounces Gold
 Year: 1962
Description: 9 Troy Ounces Silver
 Year: 1919
Description: 47 Troy Ounces Silver
 Year: 1919
Description: 1,945 Yards Processed. 323 Troy Ounces Gold
 Year: 1962
Description: 233 Yards Processed. 58 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): KARDEX 58-121 REFERS TO 10 LODE CLAIMS BY USSR&M. PROBABLY INDICATES LODES UNCOVERED BY STRIPPING PRIOR TO DREDGING. PROD. FROM PEDRO CR. BEFORE 1910: 70,701 OZ (B525 P.105-113) PROD. FROM PEDRO CR. 1906-1947: 39,280 OZ AU, 3754 OZ AG (USBM FILES). PROD. FROM FLUME CR. 1906-1967: 35,320 OZ AU, 1554 OZ AG (USBM FILES). M. S. 1619, 1620, 1656, 1657, 1659, 1693, 1694, 1750, 1762, 1785, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1969 ISSUED ON PEDRO CR. BETWEEN 1926 AND 1939. CASSITERITE RARELY FOUND IN PEDRO CREEK PLACERS. USGS CRIB A001155 USGS CRIB A001151

Comment (Ownership): OWNER-OPERATOR ADDRESS: FLUME CREEK MINING CO.-HARRY PANNICK BOX 721 FAIRBANKS, ALASKA 99701

References

Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 38

Reference (Deposit): TDM1 p. 32

Reference (Deposit): C331 p. 6

Reference (Deposit): P625D plate 1

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 70

Reference (Deposit): MF410

Reference (Deposit): B263 pp. 32-33, 42, 53-54, 208

Reference (Deposit): B284l pp. 111, 118-119

Reference (Deposit): B314b p. 36

Reference (Deposit): B337 pp. 29, 38

Reference (Deposit): B379k pp. 190, 192-193

Reference (Deposit): B442n p. 232

Reference (Deposit): B480j pp. 154-155

Reference (Deposit): B520n p. 241

Reference (Deposit): B525a pp. 105-106, 109, 111, 113

Reference (Deposit): B542j p. 206

Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 68

Reference (Deposit): B592r p. 359

Reference (Deposit): B622l p. 234

Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 59

Reference (Deposit): BMB142 pp. 22-23

Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 51

Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 54

Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 20

Reference (Deposit): B810a p. 25

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 33

Reference (Deposit): B836a pp. 32-33

Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 32

Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 30

Reference (Deposit): B864A pp. 34-35

Reference (Deposit): B868A pp. 35-36

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-121

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-151

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-229

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-305

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-307

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-310

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-501

Reference (Deposit): B251 pp. 67,70-71, 75-77, 83-84

Reference (Deposit): B259c pp. 39-40

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-097

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-099

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-120

Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 39

Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 46

Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 46

Reference (Deposit): B917A pp. 43-44

Reference (Deposit): B926A pp. 40, 70

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