The Birch Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,050 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
Elevation: 1,050 Feet (320 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 67.4436, -151.38470
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Birch Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Birch Creek
Secondary: Flat Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: 1932
Description: 35 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1916
Description: 285 Yards Processed. 100 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: 29 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
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): REF. POINT IS AT CONFLUENCE OF BIRCH CREEK & FLAT CREEK. PROSPECTS OCCUR ON BIRCH CREEK AND AT BIRCH CREEKS MOUTH. 740 OZ AU, 92 OZ AG PRODUCED AS OF 1926. UNREPORTED PRODUCTION DURING 1993 BY PARADISE VALLEY, INC (SR48)
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 030-054
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 030-173
Reference (Deposit): B442q pp. 292, 314
Reference (Deposit): B532 pp. 70, 109
Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 59
Reference (Deposit): B714b p. 90
Reference (Deposit): B815 p. 333
Reference (Deposit): MR194-7 pp. 128-129, 131-132
Reference (Deposit): BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,
Reference (Deposit): AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1993, P. 25.
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