Greenstone Creek

The Greenstone Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 499 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: Greenstone Creek
Secondary: Greenstone Gulch
Secondary: Gold Dollar
Secondary: Silver Dollar
Secondary: Moose Claims
Secondary: Greenstone Cr. Dredge
Secondary: Zero 1-3 Below
Secondary: Zero 1-2 Above

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tin

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: Clarence Zaiser
Company ID: 5000333
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976

Production

Year: 1965
Description: 9,682 Yards Processed. 219 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1964
Description: 28 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1966
Description: 70 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1966
Description: 20,081 Yards Processed. 473 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1965
Description: 31 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1964
Description: 5,584 Yards Processed. 196 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1963
Description: 38 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1963
Description: 7,408 Yards Processed. 260 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1962
Description: 20 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1962
Description: 7,407 Yards Processed. 135 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1961
Description: 38 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1961
Description: 10,000 Yards Processed. 259 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1960
Description: 49 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1960
Description: 15,090 Yards Processed. 328 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 28 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1959
Description: 14,800 Yards Processed. 322 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 75 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1958
Description: 11,850 Yards Processed. 516 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1957
Description: 47 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1957
Description: 14,800 Yards Processed. 325 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1956
Description: 83 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 14,814 Yards Processed. 582 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 52 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 361 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1954
Description: 23 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1954
Description: 1,180 Yards Processed. 160 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1953
Description: 84 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1953
Description: 556 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 286 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 3,704 Yards Processed. 2093 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 125 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 2,784 Yards Processed. 864 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 1542 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 313 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1941
Description: 2228 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 147 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 35 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 123 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 50 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 2,900 Yards Processed. 307 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 2,000 Yards Processed. 306 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 1982 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 265,058 Yards Processed. 15012 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1916
Description: 206,508 Yards Processed. 8659 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 134 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 100,000 Yards Processed. 895 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 25,000 Yards Processed. 57 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 4,030 Yards Processed. 372 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 5,370 Yards Processed. 503 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 4,757 Yards Processed. 1566 Troy Ounces Gold

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
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 (Deposit): ZAISER OPERATING WITH DOZER IN 1975 (CARNES, 1975). PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1968: 29,393 OZ AU, 3580 OZ AG (USBM AFOC FILES).

Comment (Reference): IR-JCR, 1946, P. 11

References

Reference (Deposit): B712a pp. 48-49

Reference (Deposit): B714b p. 91

Reference (Deposit): MR195-6 p. 36

Reference (Deposit): B754 pp. 94, 117-118

Reference (Deposit): MR195-7 p. 92

Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 23

Reference (Deposit): B810a p. 29

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 34

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 49

Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 46

Reference (Deposit): TDM1 p. 34

Reference (Deposit): C279 p. 4

Reference (Deposit): I289

Reference (Deposit): IR RHS 6003 pp. 4-5

Reference (Deposit): OF239 pp. 37, 40, 47-48

Reference (Deposit): MF405

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 94

Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 p. 65

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 056-004

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 056-027

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 056-043

Reference (Deposit): B592s p. 367

Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 57

Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 65

Reference (Deposit): B642l pp. 243, 260

Reference (Deposit): BMB142 p. 25

Reference (Deposit): BMB153 pp. 2, 53

Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 57

Reference (Deposit): B692

Reference (Deposit): B692b p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 52

Reference (Deposit): MR56-2 p. 2

Reference (Deposit): B910A pp. 51-52

Reference (Deposit): B917A pp. 50-51

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 37

Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 34

Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 40

Reference (Deposit): B864C pp. 146, 152-153

Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 40

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