Canyon Creek

Site Name

Primary: Canyon Creek
Secondary: Gulch Creek
Secondary: East Fork

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Commodity

Primary: Gold

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Location

State: Alaska

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Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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.

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Holdings

Type: Located Claim

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Workings

Not available

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Ownership

Owner Name: W. Deering Jones
Company ID: 5001091
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1979

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Production

Year: 1936
Description: 29 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 55 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 5053 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 3,000 Yards Processed. 29 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1932
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 16 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 11 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1929
Description: 62 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 9 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1928
Description: 7,000 Yards Processed. 61 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 2,000 Yards Processed. 3 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 99 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 24 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 45,300 Yards Processed. 112 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 2,000 Yards Processed. 96 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 1,000 Yards Processed. 60 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 8,000 Yards Processed. 14 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 23 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 272 Yards Processed. 162 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: Production Reported 20 Troy Ounces Gold

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Deposit

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

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Physiography

Not available

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Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

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Orebody

Not available

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Not available

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Rocks

Not available

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Not available

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Comments

Comment (Location): REF. POINT LOCATION IS AT THE CONFLUENCE OF CANYON CREEK AND EAST FORK. CLAIMS LOCATED ON CANYON CR., GULCH CR., AND EAST FORK BETWEEN CANYON AND GULCH CREEKS. ENTIRE LAND AREA IS WITHIN CHUGACH NATIONAL FOREST AND KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH. MSHA MID 5000270 USGS CRIB A002873 441, 470, 478, 7, 48, 303, 333, 334, 302 USGS CRIB A002844

Comment (Ownership): OWNER ADDRESS: W. DEERING JONES MP 49 3/4 ANCHORAGE-SEWARD HIGHWAY MOOSE PASS, ALASKA 99631

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References

Reference (Deposit): B722a p. 40

Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 29

Reference (Deposit): B755c p. 118

Reference (Deposit): B773a p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B783a p. 12

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 26

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-334

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-358

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-360

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-363

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-394

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-431

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-441

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-470

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-478

Reference (Deposit): AR18b p. 82

Reference (Deposit): AR20d pp. 313-320

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-401

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-422

Reference (Deposit): B259g p. 96

Reference (Deposit): B277a pp. 37-40, 45

Reference (Deposit): B314h pp. 119, 122-123

Reference (Deposit): B379b p. 52

Reference (Deposit): B442a p. 42

Reference (Deposit): B520i pp. 141, 160-161, 168-169

Reference (Deposit): B587 pp. 203-207

Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 46

Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 55

Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 34

Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 44

Reference (Deposit): B692b p. 32

Reference (Deposit): B692i p. 176

Reference (Deposit): SR39 p. 28

Reference (Deposit): BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C.SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,

Reference (Deposit): AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1993, P. 32.

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 30

Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 30

Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 30

Reference (Deposit): B849I pp. 521-522, 527

Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 28

Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 32

Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 33

Reference (Deposit): B880A pp. 36-37

Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 43

Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 40

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 37

Reference (Deposit): SR38 p. 26

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-007

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-035

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-048

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-050

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-129

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-141

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-148

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-150

Reference (Deposit): AK MINE LICENSE-1985 No. 005

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-293

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-295

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-299

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-302

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-303

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-308

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-310

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-314

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-319

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-321

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-329

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-333

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