The Palmer Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,499 Feet (457 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.0106, -145.46390
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Palmer Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Palmer Creek
Secondary: Wolverine Creek
Secondary: Ottertail Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
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: Herning Exploration And Mining Co.-Bruce Herning
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1982
Owner Name: Donald Henning
Info Year: 1979
Production
Year: 1928
Description: 363 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 190 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 96 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 67 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 439 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 182 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 165 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1932
Description: 749 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1931
Description: 57,600 Yards Processed. 385 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 256 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 351 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
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 D002678
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-015A
Reference (Deposit): MR195-7 p. 86
Reference (Deposit): MR195-10 p. 115
Reference (Deposit): MR194-8 p. 5
Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 48
Reference (Deposit): B917A pp. 43-44, 46
Reference (Deposit): B926A pp. 40, 43
Reference (Deposit): TDM1 pp. 39, 41
Reference (Deposit): MF391
Reference (Deposit): OF76-633 p. 51
Reference (Deposit): BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,
Reference (Deposit): AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1994. AK DIV.
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 27.
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