Peters Creek

The Peters Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,476 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Peters Creek
Secondary: Petersville Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: PGE
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Alaska
District: Yentna

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: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Philip Strange
Company ID: 5001084
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1982

Owner Name: John Hale And Gene O. Markle
Company ID: 5001084
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1982

Owner Name: Add-Ventures
Company ID: 5001084
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1982

Owner Name: Hall Yentna Mining Co.
Company ID: 5001084
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1982

Production

Year: 1953
Description: 657 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1953
Description: 195,000 Yards Processed. 4500 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1952
Description: 516 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1952
Description: 90,000 Yards Processed. 3279 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 362 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1950
Description: 82,000 Yards Processed. 2251 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 120 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 22,602 Yards Processed. 770 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1948
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1948
Description: 500 Yards Processed. 22 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 238 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 37,500 Yards Processed. 1560 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1932
Description: 500 Yards Processed. 1297 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 6 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 500 Yards Processed. 64 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 125 Yards Processed. 33 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1943
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1943
Description: 34 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 34 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 1633 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1931
Description: 8,600 Yards Processed. 97 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 315 Yards Processed. 24 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 48 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1925
Description: 100 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 507 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 30,889 Yards Processed. 468 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 17,400 Yards Processed. 571 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 10,500 Yards Processed. 400 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 14,350 Yards Processed. 376 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 25 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 3,533 Yards Processed. 152 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 30 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 700 Yards Processed. 55 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1916
Description: 1,500 Yards Processed. 163 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: Cumulative Production 1905-1970 * 275 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1906
Description: Cumulative Production 1905-1970 * 48 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1970
Description: Cumulative Production 1905-1970. * 154 Kilograms Silver
Year: 1970
Description: Cumulative Production 1905-1970. * 1230 Kilograms Gold
Year: 1969
Description: 15 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1969
Description: 10,000 Yards Processed. 150 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1963
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1963
Description: 250 Yards Processed. 5 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1957
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1957
Description: 1,300 Yards Processed. 27 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1956
Description: 195 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 67,000 Yards Processed. 1216 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1954
Description: 748 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1954
Description: 190,500 Yards Processed. 4560 Troy Ounces Gold

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Alluvial Mining
Milling Method: Gravity
Year First Production: 1905
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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

Unknown: Electrum
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Silver

Comments

Comment (Reference): ROEHM, J.C., UNDATED, P. 209, 304 (TDM IR)

Comment (Ownership): OPERATOR ADDRESS: HALL YENTNA MINING CO. C/O HOWARD GREY AND ASSOCIATES 715 L ST., SUITE 8 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99501 TELE: (907) 274-2314 OWNER ADDRESS: ADD-VENTURES C/O BIGLER, HAWKINS, AND OBERDORF 3709 SPENARD ROAD ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99503 TELE: (907) 276-3483 OWNER ADDRESS: JOHN HALE AND GENE O. MARKLE 334 EAST 2ND AVENUE ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99501 OWNER/OPERATOR ADDRESS: PHILIP STRANGE (DBA BLACK SAND MINING CO.) P.O. BOX 1478 WASILLA, ALASKA 99687 TELE: (907) 376-2538

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Q-MATRIX 1 REFERS TO RESERVES ON LOWER PETERS CREEK. Q-MATRIX 2 REFERS TO RESERVES IN PETERS CREEK CANYON. Q-MATRIX 3 REFERS TO RESERVES ON UPPER PETERS CREEK. M4=M1+M2+M3. Q-MATRIX 4 REFERS TO THE ENTIRE DEPOSIT. M9C4=M4C3.

References

Reference (Deposit): B692b pp. 32-33

Reference (Deposit): B692m pp. 255-257

Reference (Deposit): B755c pp. 129, 131

Reference (Deposit): B810a p. 32

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 25

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 29

Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 29

Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 29

Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 27

Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 31

Reference (Deposit): B868A pp. 32-33

Reference (Deposit): B880A pp. 35-36

Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 42

Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 41

Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 39

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 39

Reference (Deposit): TDM1 p. 20

Reference (Deposit): OF51 pp. 74-75, 81

Reference (Deposit): B1024A pp. 2, 13, 19

Reference (Deposit): OF311 pp. 4, 25, 30, 45

Reference (Deposit): P610 p. 13

Reference (Deposit): MF369

Reference (Deposit): B1374

Reference (Deposit): OF77-169A p. 68, Nos. 25, 26

Reference (Deposit): OF77-169A

Reference (Deposit): BMOF24-78 pp. 112, 116, 117

Reference (Deposit): MF870D

Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7905 p. 83, No. 121

Reference (Deposit): MIRL PLACER 2 pp. 186-195

Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82

Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. E-46

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-136

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-171

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-172

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-173

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-186

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-190

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-209

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-255

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-265

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-270

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-294

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-295

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-297

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-298

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-300

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-309

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-314

Reference (Deposit): B284b p. 7

Reference (Deposit): B345c p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B442a p. 43

Reference (Deposit): B480c p. 38

Reference (Deposit): P70 p. 167

Reference (Deposit): B520j pp. 182, 192-194

Reference (Deposit): B534 pp. 63-65

Reference (Deposit): B592d pp. 65-66

Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 42

Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 49

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-014

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-025

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-030

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-031

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-066

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-067

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-090

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-093

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-098

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-129

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 075-132

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