Olive Creek

The Olive Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Olive Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: John Millhouse
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: Old Smokey Prospecting And Mining Co. (Edwin Hudson)
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976

Production

Year: 1954
Description: 72,000 Yards Processed. 857 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1953
Description: 198 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1953
Description: 1948 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1952
Description: 152 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1952
Description: 1493 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1951
Description: 170 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1951
Description: 1655 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 170 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1950
Description: 1357 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 178 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 70,000 Yards Processed. 1705 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 165 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 1304 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 238 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 1940 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1942
Description: 11 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 276 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1941
Description: 2738 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 510 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1968
Description: 400 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1966
Description: 26 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1966
Description: 19,570 Yards Processed. 275 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1963
Description: 52 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1963
Description: 35,000 Yards Processed. 504 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1957
Description: 73 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1957
Description: 40,000 Yards Processed. 721 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 11,111 Yards Processed. 1422 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 211 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 14,815 Yards Processed. 1195 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1916
Description: 4,000 Yards Processed. 374 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: 748 Yards Processed. 216 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 12,111 Yards Processed. 1476 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 12,704 Yards Processed. 921 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 2,222 Yards Processed. 371 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 50 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 3,555 Yards Processed. 612 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 118 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 167 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 80,000 Yards Processed. 1638 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 151 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 80,000 Yards Processed. 1483 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1954
Description: 87 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1935
Description: 442 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 5,000 Yards Processed. 79 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1929
Description: 600 Yards Processed. 74 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 677 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 677 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 1,481 Yards Processed. 230 Troy Ounces Gold

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
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 D002626 OLIVE CREEK PROD. PRIOR TO 1970: 33,392 OZ AU, 3,429 OZ AG (USBM-AFOC FILES).

References

Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 63

Reference (Deposit): C590 pp. 1-2, 10-11

Reference (Deposit): OF322 pp. 2, 10-13, 19-21

Reference (Deposit): P610 p. 31

Reference (Deposit): MF413

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 97

Reference (Deposit): B1374 pp. 174, 176

Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 p. 50

Reference (Deposit): OF76-819 pp. 145-147

Reference (Deposit): OF77-168B p. 31

Reference (Deposit): OF77-168D p. 69

Reference (Deposit): OF78-1D p. 25

Reference (Deposit): OF81-1342A pp. 26-27

Reference (Deposit): OF82-719 p. 5, No. 86

Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 52

Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 56

Reference (Deposit): B662j pp. 271-272, 274

Reference (Deposit): B836a pp. 36, 81

Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 35

Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 34

Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 39

Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 39

Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 52

Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 53-54

Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 53

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 49

Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 46

Reference (Deposit): TDM1 pp. 17, 26, 39

Reference (Deposit): IC8131 pp. 8, 48-50

Reference (Deposit): IC8252 pp. 32, 49-50, 55

Reference (Deposit): GC11 p. 5

Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 239

Reference (Deposit): OF275

Reference (Deposit): B642j pp. 208-209

Reference (Deposit): BMB142 p. 24

Reference (Deposit): B712a p. 41

Reference (Deposit): B712g pp. 182-183

Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 37

Reference (Deposit): B792a p. 19

Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 21

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 30

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 36

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-070

Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 51

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-016

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