The Thomas Creek Trib. Candle Cr. is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 190 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 190 Feet (58 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.7972, -162.09440
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Thomas Creek Trib. Candle Cr. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thomas Creek Trib. Candle Cr.
Secondary: Candle Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
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 (Production): PROD. TIL 1960; 222,531 OZ. AU, 28,871 OZ. AG (USBM FILES) NOT ALL IN BENDELEBEN. WORKINGS DRIFTS & SHAFTS. BEDROCK IS MAINLY PALEOZOIC SCHIST AND LST CUT BY MANY QTZ VEINS AND GRANITIC DIKES. SOME GALENA VEINS EXPOSED DURING PLACER MINING. CONC. CONTAINS MAGNETITE, ILMENITE, LIMONITE, ZIRCON, GARNET, SPHENE,RUTILE, PYRITE, GALENA, ARSENOPYRITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE. REFERENCE POINT AT CONFLUENCE OF THOMAS AND CANDLE CREEKS.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-201
Reference (Deposit): B1374 pp. 69-71
Reference (Deposit): OF75-429
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