The Spring Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,129 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,129 Feet (344 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 67.5169, -151.54170
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Spring Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spring Creek
Secondary: Birch Hill
Secondary: Primus
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
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: Withrow Mining Co.
Info Year: 1981
Owner Name: Withrow, Alfred L.
Info Year: 1981
Production
Year: 1930
Description: 167 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 72 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 54 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 113 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 43 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1950
Description: 13 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 33 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 186 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 16 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 263 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 91 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1941
Description: 20 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 30 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 53 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 720 Yards Processed. 47 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1933
Description: 512 Yards Processed. 54 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1932
Description: 116 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1931
Description: 118 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1926
Description: 28 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 18 Yards Processed. 9 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
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 (Location): REF. POINT LOCATED AT CONF. OF SPRING CREEK AND WILD LAKE. PROSPECTS OCCUR ON SPRING CREEK. 1728 OZ AU, 71 OZ AG PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1955.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 030-038
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 030-095
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 030-135
Reference (Deposit): B532 p. 110
Reference (Deposit): MR194-7 pp. 119-121
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