Cahoon Creek

The Cahoon Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,640 feet.

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Mine Info

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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

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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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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