The Cleary Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,201 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
Elevation: 1,201 Feet (366 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.0736, -147.44170
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Cleary Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cleary Creek
Secondary: Bedrock Creek
Secondary: Chatanika Creek
Secondary: Goose Gulch
Secondary: Chatham Creek
Secondary: Johnson Gulch
Secondary: Tamarack Creek
Secondary: Wolf Creek
Secondary: Willow Creek
Secondary: Chatanika Flats
Secondary: Hopen Placer
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hopen, Alf M.
Company ID: 5001430
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1983
Owner Name: Alaska Gold Co.
Company ID: 5001430
Info Year: 1983
Production
Year: 1954
Description: 57 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1954
Description: 2,800 Yards Processed. 328 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1966
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1966
Description: 15 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 13 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 76 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1952
Description: 72 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1952
Description: 4,444 Yards Processed. 462 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1951
Description: 100 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1951
Description: 10,000 Yards Processed. 570 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 128 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1950
Description: 22,222 Yards Processed. 731 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 85 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 40,000 Yards Processed. 464 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1948
Description: 84 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1948
Description: 3,700 Yards Processed. 496 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 87 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 20,000 Yards Processed. 555 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 16740 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 5,864,000 Yards Processed. 104360 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1945
Description: 39 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1935
Description: 316 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 65 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 888 Yards Processed. 330 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 12,353 Yards Processed. 1750 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 10,900 Yards Processed. 1828 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 1,000 Yards Processed. 28 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 411 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1931
Description: 222 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 100 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1930
Description: 785 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1929
Description: 23 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 276 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1927
Description: 2183 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 2448 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 13,250 Yards Processed. 2753 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 526 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 11,097 Yards Processed. 3512 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1945
Description: 252 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 935 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 31,445 Yards Processed. 6298 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1916
Description: 27,660 Yards Processed. 7774 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: 24,055 Yards Processed. 14813 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1907
Description: 627 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1907
Description: 4023 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 106 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1942
Description: 2100 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 745 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 278 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1925
Description: 2024 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 132 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1924
Description: 174 Yards Processed. 3978 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 4,303 Yards Processed. 1007 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1906
Description: Production Reported 43039 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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): 86. M. S. 818 ISSUED AUG., 1915 ON CHATHAM CREEK, PAT #485338. M. S. 1921 ISSUED MAY, 1927 ON CHATHAM CREEK, PAT #1001101. M. S. 364 ISSUED JUNE, 1915 ON CHATHAM CREEK, PAT #478358. M. S. 366 ISSUED JULY, 1913 ON CHATHAM CREEK, PAT #347758. M. S. 1901 ISSUED MARCH 1928 ON WOLF CREEK, PAT #1013146. M. S. 1920 ISSUED AUGUST, 1927 ON WOLF CREEK, PAT #1006272. M. S. 849 ISSUED 1923, PAT #916219 ON CHATANIKA R. FLATS M. S. 1773 ISSUED 1927 ON CHATANIKA R. FLATS, PAT #1007189. PATENTED CLAIMS. IN USBM FILES (AFOC) THE FOLLOWING ARE RECORDED: CLEARY, 251,585 OZ AU (PRIOR TO 1955) AND 26,784 OZ AG CHATHAM CREEK: 474,547 OZ AU, 2,580 OZ AG (PRIOR TO 1961) CHATANIKA RIVER: 13,435 OZ AU, 1,587 OZ AG (PRIOR TO 1966) WOLF CREEK: 36,629 OZ AU, 6,074 OZ AG (PRIOR TO 1964) BEDROCK CREEK: 305 OZ AU, 63 OZ AG (PRIOR TO 1967) REFS LIST A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF STIBNITE FLOAT IN DREDGE TAILINGS ALONG CLEARY AND CHATHAM CRS. PLACER SCHEELITE AND CASSITERITE HAVE BEEN FOUND IN WILLOW, CLEARY, CHATHAM, AND BEDROCK CREEK PLACERS (TDM 1 & 2). REF. POINT IS AT BM769 ON CLEARY CR. WILLOW, BEDROCK, CHATHAM AND WOLF CRS. ARE TRIBS. OF CLEARY. ROBERT FOWLER STRIPPING OVERBURDEN 1977 ON CLEARY CR. USGS CRIB A001905 USGS CRIB A001763 USGS CRIB A001762 USGS CRIB D002652 USGS CRIB D002654
Comment (Ownership): OWNER ADDRESS: ALASKA GOLD COMPANY P.O. BOX 1170 FAIRBANKS, ALASKA 99707 TELE: (907) 456-4061 OPERATOR ADDRESS: ALF M. HOPEN BOX 74246 FAIRBANKS, ALASKA 99707 TELE: (907) 456-5231
References
Reference (Deposit): B259c p. 39
Reference (Deposit): B259k p. 127
Reference (Deposit): B260b p. 181
Reference (Deposit): B263 pp. 41-42, 208
Reference (Deposit): B844A pp. 32-33, 54
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-006
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-027
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-050
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-051
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-083
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-086
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-091
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-126
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-131
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-132
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-140
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-142
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-166
Reference (Deposit): B792a pp. 17, 25
Reference (Deposit): B797a pp. 19-20
Reference (Deposit): B810a pp. 25, 40
Reference (Deposit): B813a pp. 28, 47
Reference (Deposit): B824a pp. 32-33, 52
Reference (Deposit): B836a pp. 32-33, 54
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-170
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-174
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-194
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-236
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-263
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-265
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-270
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-271
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-286
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-287
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-290
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-340
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-357
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-359
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-436
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-437
Reference (Deposit): B225 pp. 68, 70-71
Reference (Deposit): B251 pp. 67, 71-72, 77-81, 83-84
Reference (Deposit): B259b pp. 26-28
Reference (Deposit): B520e p. 89
Reference (Deposit): B520n p. 241
Reference (Deposit): B525a pp. 98-99, 107, 112-113
Reference (Deposit): B592r p. 358
Reference (Deposit): B622c pp. 54-55
Reference (Deposit): B622l pp. 230-232
Reference (Deposit): B642c pp. 58-59
Reference (Deposit): BMB142 p. 22
Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 51
Reference (Deposit): B662b pp. 51, 54
Reference (Deposit): B714b p. 80
Reference (Deposit): B739a p. 29
Reference (Deposit): B739a p. 30
Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 35
Reference (Deposit): B755c p. 146
Reference (Deposit): B773a p. 45
Reference (Deposit): B783a pp. 13, 18
Reference (Deposit): B542j pp. 204-205
Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 68
Reference (Deposit): B263 pp. 32-33, 208
Reference (Deposit): B263 p. 53
Reference (Deposit): B284l pp. 111, 119
Reference (Deposit): B314b pp. 30, 36
Reference (Deposit): B337 pp. 29, 41-42
Reference (Deposit): B345c pp. 39, 41-42
Reference (Deposit): B379k pp. 188, 190-191, 193, 195
Reference (Deposit): B442m p. 226
Reference (Deposit): B442n pp. 232-233
Reference (Deposit): B480j pp. 155-156
Reference (Deposit): P70 p. 182
Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 62
Reference (Deposit): B880A pp. 39-40, 61
Reference (Deposit): B897A pp. 46-47, 71
Reference (Deposit): B910A pp. 46-47, 76
Reference (Deposit): B926A pp. 40-41, 70
Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 38-39, 67
Reference (Deposit): TDM1 pp. 10-11, 32, 37
Reference (Deposit): B857A pp. 30-31, 51
Reference (Deposit): B864A pp. 34-35, 56
Reference (Deposit): B868A pp. 35-36, 58
Reference (Deposit): TDM2 p. 9
Reference (Deposit): TDM2 pp. 20, 28
Reference (Deposit): RI4174 p. 27
Reference (Deposit): OF42 p. 7
Reference (Deposit): C331 pp. 6-7
Reference (Deposit): B1024I pp. 188, 210
Reference (Deposit): GC13 p. 15
Reference (Deposit): P610 p. 26
Reference (Deposit): MF413
Reference (Deposit): OF508 pp. 98-99
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 71
Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 p. 50
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