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
Map: View on Google Maps
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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