Bear Creek

The Bear Creek is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 499 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

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Site Name

Primary: Bear Creek
Secondary: Hogatza River Dredge
Secondary: Dry Creek
Secondary: Clear Creek
Secondary: Aloha Creek
Secondary: Ida Creek Gulch
Secondary: Hog River
Secondary: U.S.S.R.&M.
Secondary: United States Smelting, Refining,
Secondary: And Mining Corporation
Secondary: Fairbanks Exploration Co.
Secondary: U.V. Industries
Secondary: Hogatza River Trib.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: PGE
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska
District: Hughes District

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: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Alaska Gold Co.
Company ID: 5000326
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1986

Production

Year: 1962
Description: 753 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1962
Description: 671,867 Yards Processed. 13829 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1961
Description: 503 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1961
Description: 637,400 Yards Processed. 9789 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1960
Description: 271 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1960
Description: 463,624 Yards Processed. 3696 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 784 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1959
Description: 622,315 Yards Processed. 15676 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 446 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1967
Description: 345 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1967
Description: 598,675 Yards Processed 6305 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1966
Description: 431 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1966
Description: 599,714 Yards Processed. 8204 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1965
Description: 988 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1965
Description: 597,027 Yards Processed. 19183 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1964
Description: 981 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1964
Description: 503,395 Yards Processed. 18269 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1963
Description: 948 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1963
Description: 359,630 Yards Processed. 17474 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 541,717 Yards Processed. 8671 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1957
Description: 541 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1957
Description: 519,941 Yards Processed. 9526 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1981
Description: 105 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1981
Description: 361,900 Yards Processed 2184 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1975
Description: 166 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1975
Description: 674,532 Yards Processed 3360 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1974
Description: 250 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1974
Description: 656,453 Yards Processed 5447 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1973
Description: 197 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1973
Description: 648,725 Yards Processed 4018 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1972
Description: 211 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1972
Description: 558,335 Yards Processed 4088 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1971
Description: 335 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1970
Description: 709,196 Yards Processed 28634 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1971
Description: 740,448 Yards Processed 6507 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1970
Description: 1493 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1969
Description: 602 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1969
Description: 603,796 Yards Processed. 11464 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1968
Description: 484 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1968
Description: 670,066 Yards Processed. 9407 Troy Ounces Gold

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Dredging
Milling Method: Gravity
Year First Production: 1922
Discovery Year: 1922
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

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

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RECOMMENDED EVALUATION BY AFOC MEMO 6/18/82. NOT INCLUDED IN FINAL AVAILABILITY CURVE FOR 1984 STUDY. WILL NOT BE ANALYZED FOR THE 1992 AU AVAILABILITY STUDY.

Comment (Ownership): OWNER-OPERATOR ADDRESS: ALASKA GOLD COMPANY P.O. BOX 1170 FAIRBANKS, ALASKA 99707 TELE: (907) 456-4061

Comment (Deposit): USGS CRIB M045382 M.S. 2106 PAT. # 1120533 ISSUED JAN 23,1946-357.82 ACRES. M.S. 2107 PAT. #1120534 ISSUED JAN 23,1946-75.86 ACRES. M.S. 2108 PAT. #1120097 ISSUED SEP 13,1945-282.39 ACRES. M.S. 2109 PAT. #1120341 ISSUED DEC 14,1945--98.52 ACRES. M.S. 2146 PAT. #1119168 ISSUED NOV 9,1944--97.65 ACRES M.S. 2147 PAT. #1120600 ISSUED JAN 29,1946-607.09 ACRES M.S. 2148 PAT. #1125443 ISSUED MAY 13,1949-549.84 ACRES.

References

Reference (Deposit): AC&O 7705 p. 36

Reference (Deposit): MIRL BOSWELL pp. 33-37

Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7905 p. 81, No. 59

Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82 pp. 15, 20, 21, 30

Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. B-21

Reference (Deposit): SR31 pp. 10, 21

Reference (Deposit): SR33 pp. 23, 24

Reference (Deposit): SR38 p. 24

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 038-019

Reference (Deposit): B739a p. 41

Reference (Deposit): I459

Reference (Deposit): P525A p. 102

Reference (Deposit): C570 p. 9

Reference (Deposit): MF458

Reference (Deposit): OF508 pp. 78-79

Reference (Deposit): B1374 pp. 144-145

Reference (Deposit): OF75-627 p. 5

Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76

Reference (Deposit): NOME NUGGET 760203

Reference (Deposit): OF77-166C

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 038-001

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 038-002

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 038-003

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 038-005

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 038-006

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 038-008

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 038-009

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