Dry Creek

The Dry Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 180 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dry Creek
Secondary: Dredge No. 5

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

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: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Alaska Gold Co.
Company ID: 5000328
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1983

Owner Name: Alaska Gold Co.
Company ID: 5000328
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1987

Production

Year: 1975
Description: Gold Recovered From 740391 Cubic Yards 7791 Troy Ounces Commodity

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1898
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Ownership): OWNER ADDRESS: ALASKA GOLD COMPANY 19TH FLOOR UNIVERSITY CLUB BUILDING 136 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84111 OWNER ADDRESS: ALASKA GOLD COMPANY NOME CENTER BUILDING P.O. BOX 640 NOME, ALASKA 99762 TELE: (907) 443-5272

Comment (Deposit): DREDGE CONSTRUCTED IN 1941 BY YUBA DREDGE COMPANY. DREDGE STATISTICS: TONNAGE: DRY-3499ST WORKING-3600ST HULL: L=210FT W=72FT D=22FT DRAFT= 8FT......OVERALL LENGTH= 535FT BUCKETS: 135 EA @ 10 CU-FT/BUCKET...WT/BUCKET= 3600 LB LADDER: DIGGING DEPTH= 92 FT CAPACITY:10000 CU-FT/24 HR

Comment (Production): DREDGE IDLE 1942-1946 & 1962-1974 DREDGE PRODUCTION RESUMED 1975 IN 1924 USSR&M PURCHASED ASSETS FROM HAMMON CONSOLIDATED

References

Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 48

Reference (Deposit): AC&O 7410 p. 8

Reference (Deposit): NOME NUGGET 760203

Reference (Deposit): AC&O 7606 p. 42

Reference (Deposit): AC&O 7705 pp. 36-42

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