Cleary Creek

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

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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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