Glenn Creek

The Glenn Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,402 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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