Candle Creek

The Candle Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 121 feet.

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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: Candle Creek
Secondary: Candle Bench

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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

Not available

Production

Year: 1927
Description: 1551 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1927
Description: 110,000 Yards Processed. 3368 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 4284 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 309 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1935
Description: 404 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 505 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 56,701 Yards Processed. 2236 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1932
Description: 114,646 Yards Processed. 4952 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1931
Description: 107,670 Yards Processed. 3394 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 317 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 768 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1929
Description: 92,290 Yards Processed. 3873 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1928
Description: 60 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 1274 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 373,584 Yards Processed. 8068 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 1000 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1942
Description: 7430 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 1762 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1941
Description: 11783 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 200,932 Yards Processed. 7409 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1966
Description: 4,640 Yards Processed. 58 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1961
Description: 360 Yards Processed. 196 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1960
Description: 370 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1960
Description: 120,600 Yards Processed. 2602 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 463 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1959
Description: 50,000 Yards Processed. 3256 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 134 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1958
Description: 895 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1957
Description: 193 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1957
Description: 122,000 Yards Processed. 1297 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1965
Description: 6 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1965
Description: 5,608 Yards Processed. 41 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1964
Description: 6 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1964
Description: 2,000 Yards Processed. 58 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1963
Description: 122 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1963
Description: 40,950 Yards Processed. 886 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1962
Description: 119 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1962
Description: 4,977 Yards Processed. 796 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1961
Description: 30 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 210 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 75,000 Yards Processed. 1448 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1907
Description: 767 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1907
Description: 6017 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1906
Description: 1456 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 340 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 90,000 Yards Processed. 2363 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1954
Description: 257 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1954
Description: 142,000 Yards Processed. 1774 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1953
Description: 1005 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1953
Description: 577,777 Yards Processed. 7212 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1952
Description: 18 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1952
Description: 1,400 Yards Processed. 128 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1951
Description: 319 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 20,000 Yards Processed. 5101 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1951
Description: 88,900 Yards Processed. 2307 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 127 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1950
Description: 23,703 Yards Processed. 879 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 591 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 90,162 Yards Processed. 4255 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1948
Description: 649 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1948
Description: 200,000 Yards Processed. 4720 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 743 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1925
Description: 42,125 Yards Processed. 2041 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 833 Yards Processed. 421 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1920
Description: 2,954 Yards Processed. 357 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 241 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 26,529 Yards Processed. 1740 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 91 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1923
Description: 33,386 Yards Processed. 1999 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 43,531 Yards Processed. 3686 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 46,202 Yards Processed. 1838 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1966
Description: 9 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 366 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 10,576 Yards Processed. 4363 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1916
Description: 82,596 Yards Processed. 4508 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: 2558 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 5,122 Yards Processed. 869 Troy Ounces Gold

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
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): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES. BEDROCK IS MAINLY PALEOZOIC SCHIST AND LST CUT BY MANY QTZ VEINS AND GRANITIC DIKES. CONCENTRATE CONTAINED MAGNETITE,HEMATITE, ILMENITE, LIMONITE, ZIRCON, GARNET, SPHENE, RUTILE, PYRITE, GALENA, ARSENOPYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE. UNREPORTED PRODUCTION DURING 1993 BY AU MINING (SR 48).

References

Reference (Deposit): MF417

Reference (Deposit): OF508 pp. 40-41

Reference (Deposit): B1374 pp. 69-71

Reference (Deposit): THE MAPMAKERS p. 19

Reference (Deposit): OF75-429

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

Reference (Deposit): B824a pp. 45, 53

Reference (Deposit): B844A pp. 46-47

Reference (Deposit): B864A pp. 49, 57

Reference (Deposit): B868A pp. 50, 59

Reference (Deposit): B880A pp. 53-54, 61

Reference (Deposit): B897A pp. 61-62

Reference (Deposit): B910A pp. 66-67, 76-77

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 62

Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 58-59

Reference (Deposit): P610 p. 17

Reference (Deposit): B810a pp. 39-40

Reference (Deposit): B813a pp. 40, 47

Reference (Deposit): B247 pp. 60-63

Reference (Deposit): B284n p. 140

Reference (Deposit): B314b p. 35

Reference (Deposit): B379r pp. 355, 364, 368

Reference (Deposit): B442s pp. 369-370

Reference (Deposit): B622r p. 371

Reference (Deposit): BMB142 p. 28

Reference (Deposit): B662q pp. 451-452, 454-455

Reference (Deposit): B692y pp. 380, 382-383, 385, 387

Reference (Deposit): B712h pp. 187-188

Reference (Deposit): B714k pp. 232-233

Reference (Deposit): B722a p. 62

Reference (Deposit): B773a p. 27

Reference (Deposit): B783a p. 17

Reference (Deposit): B792a pp. 22, 24

Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 36

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

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-144

Reference (Deposit): P10 p. 51

Reference (Deposit): B225 pp. 77-78

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 27.

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