The Cahoon Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,640 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: 1,640 Feet (500 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 59.3806, -136.24440
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Cahoon Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cahoon Creek
Secondary: Cahoon
Secondary: Bear Group
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
Owner Name: Vern Parent And O. T. Sorlee
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
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): CAHOON CR GOLD MINING CO. STAKED CLAIMS, BEGAN WORK IN 1908. HYDRAULICKING PRODUCTIVE UNTIL AT LEAST 1922 THEN ABANDONED. UPPER CAHOON CREEK WORKED WITH LITTLE SUCCESS AND ABANDONED. NEW CLAIMS STAKED 1962 & 1974. CLAIMS ACTIVE 1976. EARLY PLACERS EXTENDED BEYOND MOUTH OF CAHOON CR ABOUT 2000 FT DOWN MCKINLEY CREEK. NEW CLAIMS FARTHER UP CAHOON CREEK. PRODUCTION OF CAHOON, MCKINLEY & PORCUPINE CREEKS 1898 THRU 1916 YIELDED $1,200,000 AU. NO BREAKDOWN AVAILABLE. 1902-3 small hydraulic plant operated at the face of Cahoon Glacier but was unsuccessful. 1908-13 Cahoon Creek Mining Co. mined the lower 0.5 mile section of Cahoon Creek.. 1913-85 hand methods were used to prospect the creek in more years, but the results are unknown.
References
Reference (Deposit): B542c p. 43
Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 59
Reference (Deposit): B662e pp. 97-98
Reference (Deposit): B699 pp. 22, 24-25
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 57
Reference (Deposit): B1374 pp. 101-103
Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 25
Reference (Deposit): MF424
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 109-043
Reference (Deposit): B480c p. 37
Reference (Deposit): B520c p. 36
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