The Glenn Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,402 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: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 63.5422, -150.69170
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Glenn Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glenn Creek
Secondary: Glen Creek 1-11
Secondary: Glen Creek Fraction 6-9
Secondary: Sugarbabe
Secondary: Goldking 1-15
Secondary: Glen Creek
Secondary: Honeybabe
Secondary: Glen Howtay Assoc. 1
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Erik And Paul Wieler
Info Year: 1976
Production
Year: 1928
Description: Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 869 Yards Processed. 24 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 15 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 139 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 9,000 Yards Processed. 169 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 1,200 Yards Processed. 106 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 4,500 Yards Processed. 217 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 267 Yards Processed. 15 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 18 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 12 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 79 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1933
Description: 500 Yards Processed. 4 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1933
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1932
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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 (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1950: 277 OZ AU, 32 OZ AG (USBM AFOC FILES). ERIK AND P. WEILER OPERATED DOZER AND SLUICE (CARNES, 1975)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Production recorded by 1968 was 2,250 oz gold and an estimated amount of 8,850 oz produced since then (BMOF129-84 p. 101)
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-061
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-081
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-088
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-093
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-101
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-115
Reference (Deposit): B314o p. 215
Reference (Deposit): P70 p. 176
Reference (Deposit): B520c p. 38
Reference (Deposit): B662k pp. 300-302
Reference (Deposit): B687 pp. 83-85
Reference (Deposit): B722a p. 52
Reference (Deposit): B755a pp. 41-42
Reference (Deposit): B755c pp. 141-142
Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 23
Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 35
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 40
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 41
Reference (Deposit): B836e p. 335
Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 41
Reference (Deposit): B849F p. 373
Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 39
Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 43
Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 44
Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 58
Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 57
Reference (Deposit): MF366
Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 p. 54
Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82
Reference (Deposit): SR38 p. 26
Reference (Deposit): BMOF129-84 pp. 100,101,103-104
Reference (Deposit): BMOF214-84 pp. 13,38,52-53
Reference (Deposit): BMOF1-86 pp. 3,5,8-9,11,13,34,47-48
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