The Grubstake Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,300 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 64.0275, -148.18190
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Grubstake Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grubstake Creek
Secondary: Paradise 1
Secondary: Ern-Gladys No. 1
Secondary: Prospect No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
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
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: G. W. Cornwall
Percent: 23.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Richard G. Baker Et Al
Percent: 67.00
Info Year: 1975
Production
Year: 1922
Description: 800 Yards Processed. 145 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 2,833 Yards Processed. 252 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1907
Description: 12 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1907
Description: 91 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 50 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 205 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 1,566 Yards Processed. 70 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 28 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 157 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1948
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 63 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 320 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 19 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1945
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1945
Description: 23 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1942
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
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 D002634 SCHEELITE AND CINNABAR ARE PRESENT IN SMALL QUANTITIES. SHEELITE IS RARE ON GRUBSTAKE CR. AND CINNABAR IS PRESENT IN SCARCE QUANTITIES. PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1949 ON GRUBSTAKE (USBM FILES): 2,835 OZ AU, 423 OZ AG. PROD. ON GRUBSTAKE CR. PRIOR TO 1949: 2835 OZ AU, 423 OZ AG (USBM FILES).
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-034
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-040
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-041
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-043
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-090
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-134
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-303
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-403
Reference (Deposit): B314o pp. 210-211
Reference (Deposit): B442a p. 44
Reference (Deposit): B480l p. 225
Reference (Deposit): P70 pp. 173-174
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-052
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-057
Reference (Deposit): OF51 p. 14
Reference (Deposit): IC8252 p. 55
Reference (Deposit): MF410
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 62
Reference (Deposit): SR38 p. 25
Reference (Deposit): B501 pp. 44, 48
Reference (Deposit): B662n pp. 399-400
Reference (Deposit): B739a p. 35
Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 35
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 40
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 41
Reference (Deposit): B836f p. 345
Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 46
Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 51
Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 48-49
Reference (Deposit): TDM1 pp. 27, 39
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