Hannum Creek

The Hannum Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 499 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hannum Creek
Secondary: Richard's Discovery
Secondary: Cunningham Creek
Secondary: Cris Discovery
Secondary: Iris Discovery
Secondary: Cunningham Gulch

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Foster, Willie Estate
Company ID: 5001049
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1979

Production

Year: 1959
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1959
Description: 33 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1958
Description: 1,000 Yards Processed. 32 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1956
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 6 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 13 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1950
Description: 128 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 13 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 111 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1945
Description: 13 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1945
Description: 118 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 50 Yards Processed. 44 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 12 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 10 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 13 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1962
Description: 176 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1961
Description: 19 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1961
Description: 169 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1960
Description: 18 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1960
Description: 2,500 Yards Processed. 156 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1964
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1964
Description: 550 Yards Processed. 11 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1963
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1963
Description: 1,250 Yards Processed. 25 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1962
Description: 20 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1922
Description: 50 Yards Processed. 6 Troy Ounces Gold

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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 A000224 RECORDED PROD. BEFORE 1965: 627 OZ AU, 69 OZ AG (USBM FILES) RECORDED PROD. BEFORE 1965: 627 OZ AU, 69 OZ AG (USBM FILES) BEDROCK IS SCHIST AND SLATE WITH SOME THIN LIMESTONE BEDS; GOLD PROBABLY DERIVED FROM QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN IN SCHIST. GRAVEL MAINLY SCHIST AND QUARTZ. LEAD MINERALS IN CONC. AND CASSITERITE. MSHA MID 5000218

Comment (Reference): SPRUCE, ED, 1979 VERBAL COMM. TO MJN.

References

Reference (Deposit): GR23 pp. 5-6, 10, 17, 24-25

Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 114-115

Reference (Deposit): P610 p. 17

Reference (Deposit): MF417

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 41

Reference (Deposit): B1374 p. 71

Reference (Deposit): OF75-429

Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 pp. 11-12

Reference (Deposit): P10 p. 51

Reference (Deposit): B225 pp. 77-78

Reference (Deposit): B247 pp. 49, 51-54

Reference (Deposit): B263 p. 209

Reference (Deposit): B284n p. 140

Reference (Deposit): B379r pp. 355, 357

Reference (Deposit): B442s p. 367

Reference (Deposit): TDM5R pp. 31, 41

Reference (Deposit): BMOF6-65 pp. 13-16

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-199

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