The Cape Creek is a tin mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 141 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 141 Feet (43 Meters)
Commodity: Tin
Lat, Long: 65.5736, -167.92780
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Cape Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cape Creek
Secondary: Tin City
Secondary: First Chance Creek
Secondary: East Fork
Secondary: Goodwin Creek
Secondary: Granite Creek
Secondary: Village Creek
Secondary: Lagoon Creek
Secondary: American Tinfields, Inc.
Secondary: Lomen Commercial Co.
Secondary: Ralph Lomen
Secondary: H.G. Gabrielson
Secondary: John & Diane Cothern
Secondary: Roy Snow
Secondary: Otto O. Oetjen
Secondary: Frank Ralston
Secondary: Cape Mountain Placer
Secondary: Goodwin Gulch
Secondary: Zenda Gold Mining Co.
Secondary: Mrs. T.A. Petersen
Secondary: Glenn Adams
Secondary: Boulder Creek
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
District: Port Clarence 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
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Len Grothe
Company ID: 5001439
Percent: 75.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1988
Owner Name: Lost River Mining Co.
Company ID: 5001439
Percent: 12.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1988
Production
Year: 1926
Description: Goodwin Gulch 7 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1925
Description: Goodwin Gulch 9 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1924
Description: Goodwin Gulch 4 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1974
Description: Lee Bros. - Tin City 8900 Pounds Commodity
Year: 1973
Description: Lee Bros. - Tin City 10000 Pounds Commodity
Year: 1972
Description: Lee Bros. - Tin City 42560 Pounds Commodity
Year: 1971
Description: Lee Bros. 37944 Pounds Commodity
Year: 1967
Description: Lee Bros. - Cape Creek 18000 Pounds Commodity
Year: 1966
Description: Lee Bros. - Cape Creek 63075 Pounds Commodity
Year: 1965
Description: Grothe & Pearson 15600 Pounds Commodity
Year: 1964
Description: Grothe & Pearson 5000 Pounds Commodity
Year: 1941
Description: Cape Creek 49 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1940
Description: Cape Creek 43 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1939
Description: Cape Creek And Goodwin Gulch 25 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1938
Description: Cape Creek 105 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1937
Description: Cape Creek And Goodwin Gulch 154 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1935
Description: Cape Creek And Goodwin Gulch 46 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1934
Description: Goodwin Gulch (?) 4 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1933
Description: Goodwin Gulch (?) 2 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1931
Description: Goodwin Gulch 3 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1930
Description: Godwin Gulch And Cape Creek 10 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1929
Description: Goodwin Gulch And Cape Creek 36 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1928
Description: Goodwin Gulch And Cape Creek 38 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1927
Description: Goodwin Gulch 14 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1936
Description: Cape Creek And Goodwin Gulch 99 Short Tons Commodity
Year: 1980
Description: Grothe & Pearson 192000 Pounds Concentrate
Year: 1979
Description: Grothe & Pearson - Cape Creek 200000 Pounds Concentrate
Year: 1979
Description: Lee Bros. - Cape Creek 2000 Pounds Concentrate
Year: 1975
Description: Lee Bros. - Tin City 24640 Pounds Commodity
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
Discovery Year: 1903
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: Zircon
Unknown: Vesuvianite
Unknown: Hornblende
Unknown: Hypersthene
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Microcline
Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Orthoclase
Unknown: Ottrelite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Rutile
Unknown: Apatite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Diopside
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Zoisite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Feldspar
Unknown: Forsterite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Glaucophane
Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Sphene
Unknown: Staurolite
Unknown: Tourmaline
Unknown: Albite
Unknown: Augite
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): USGS CRIB A003645 USGS CRIB A003644 USGS CRIB A003668 USGS CRIB A003683 USGS CRIB A003618 USGS CRIB A003642 USGS CRIB D002547 USGS CRIB W000009 MSHA ID 5000475
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-037
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-039
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-102
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-128
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-129
Reference (Reserve-Resource): WAR MINERALS REPORT164 p. 1
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-003
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-004
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-008
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-013
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-014
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-015
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-016
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-019
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-024
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-030
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-034
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-001
Reference (Reserve-Resource): WAR MINERALS REPORT413 p. 1
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DMEA DMA 842 p. 1
Reference (Deposit): B229 61 pp
Reference (Deposit): B259k pp. 120-127
Reference (Deposit): B284o pp. 145-157
Reference (Deposit): B358
Reference (Deposit): B733 pp. 102-110
Reference (Deposit): WAR MINERALS REPORT164
Reference (Deposit): WAR MINERALS REPORT413
Reference (Deposit): RI3902
Reference (Deposit): RI3978
Reference (Deposit): RI4345
Reference (Deposit): DMEA DMA 842
Reference (Deposit): IC7878
Reference (Deposit): C479
Reference (Deposit): RI6737
Reference (Deposit): I685
Reference (Deposit): B1374
Reference (Deposit): OF77-796B
Reference (Deposit): C772B pp. 44-45
Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82 pp. 13, 31
Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. A-29
Reference (Deposit): SR31 p. 21
Reference (Deposit): SR33 p. 24
Reference (Deposit): SR38 pp. 8, 25
Reference (Deposit): SR39 p. 24
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