Bottom Dollar Creek and Trib

The Bottom Dollar Creek and Trib is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,847 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

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Site Name

Primary: Bottom Dollar Creek and Trib
Secondary: Bottom Dollar Creek
Secondary: Nugget Gulch
Secondary: Greenhorn Creek
Secondary: Two-Bit Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Marcy
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: Ron Thorpe
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: Loren Hite
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

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 (Production): USGS CRIB A000615. PRODUCTION FROM HALF DOLLAR CREEK PRIOR TO 1948: 996 OZ AU, 386 OZ AG. PRODUCTION FROM BOTTOM DOLLAR CREEK PRIOR TO 1955: 265 OZ AU, 106 OZ AG (USBM AFOC FILES). ADDITIONAL OWNERS: D.SOLERVI & ALFRED COOK,F. WYATT & MRS. C. JACOBSON,E.O. MCGRIFF,B. THRONE & IRV MCGRIFF, H. GOING & TERRY WALSTON,DAN SOLECKI & C.J. VERNETTI,THEODORE BERKS, JAMES A. CRABB,DAVID HOPKINSON & SHERRY BOWERS,A. G. STONEMAN, JAMES E. KOEHLER. REF. POINT LOCATED AT CONFLUENCE OF HALF DOLLAR AND BOTTOM DOLLAR CREEKS. HITE WORKED ON BOTTOM DOLLAR CREEK IN 1975 (CARNES, 1975).

References

Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 50

Reference (Deposit): B897C pp. 231, 235

Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 48

Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 41

Reference (Deposit): TDM2 pp. 19-20

Reference (Deposit): RI4174 p. 27

Reference (Deposit): C348 pp. 13-14

Reference (Deposit): MF391

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 66

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 44

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-001

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-068

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-096

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-111A

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-112

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-113

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-119

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-176

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-177

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-185

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-191

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-192

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-225

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-244

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-272

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-305

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-309

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-310

Reference (Deposit): B480j pp. 160, 164

Reference (Deposit): B520n p. 245

Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 68

Reference (Deposit): B592r p. 360

Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 61

Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 43

Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 p. 22

Reference (Deposit): OF76-633 p. 9

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