Deadwood Creek and Trib

The Deadwood Creek and Trib is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,250 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Deadwood Creek and Trib  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation: 1,250 Feet (381 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 65.5083, -144.84720

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Deadwood Creek and Trib MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Deadwood Creek and Trib
Secondary: Switch Creek
Secondary: Lisa Association
Secondary: Cottonwood
Secondary: Abbott #3-#4
Secondary: Joane
Secondary: Discovery #1-#2
Secondary: Rock Bottom #1
Secondary: Aspen
Secondary: Jasper Y
Secondary: Shona's Only One
Secondary: Moondust 1-5
Secondary: Wilbur Mine
Secondary: Susan Ann #1, #11,
Secondary: Shane #1-#2
Secondary: Discovery Gulch
Secondary: Redfield Trustfund #1
Secondary: Tommys Pup
Secondary: 22 Pup
Secondary: Duke #4-#5
Secondary: Golden D
Secondary: D & H Del #1
Secondary: Janet #5-#9, #2,
Secondary: Kathy 1
Secondary: Harry Henry #1
Secondary: Gladys
Secondary: Jonathan
Secondary: Wine Sap Association
Secondary: Turner
Secondary: Paradise Association
Secondary: Dennis
Secondary: Love Association
Secondary: Elane #1
Secondary: Paradise #2-#3
Secondary: Birch
Secondary: Birch 2
Secondary: Willow
Secondary: M&R 5-9
Secondary: Alder
Secondary: Claim 88
Secondary: Sergeant #1
Secondary: Joy 1.5-2
Secondary: Pearl Claim
Secondary: The Upstream Claim
Secondary: Shebha #1-#2
Secondary: Buckdancer
Secondary: Jean
Secondary: Constance #1


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten


Location

State: Alaska


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Rodney Mitchell
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Gordon Fulton
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Walter Largent
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Robert J Hendricks
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Eric Rayburn
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Joy Morgan
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Fred Wyatt
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Dennis Timm
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Joseph E. Vogler
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: L. D. Hartley
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Lawrence R Stringfellow
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Tom Hearney
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Batchelor, Harold E.
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Teel, Mary Lou
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Ventures North Mining
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Jeff Knaebel Enterprises
Company ID: 5001238
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Erik Hansen
Company ID: 5001238
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: John C Thomas
Company ID: 5001238
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Bob Wilbur
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: Walter Bullwinkle
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Curt Hamlin
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: Doug Backus
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: Bonner And Hagdal Construction Co.
Company ID: 5001238
Info Year: 1980


Production

Year: 1956
Description: 1,852 Yards Processed. 4 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1954
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1954
Description: 3,000 Yards Processed. 31 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1953
Description: 19 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1953
Description: 2,600 Yards Processed. 70 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 74 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 20,000 Yards Processed. 490 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1948
Description: 141 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1948
Description: 20,000 Yards Processed. 689 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 240 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 45,000 Yards Processed. 977 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 134 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 20,000 Yards Processed. 539 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 290 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1942
Description: 848 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1964
Description: 175 Yards Processed. 3 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1963
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1963
Description: 648 Yards Processed. 11 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1961
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1961
Description: 500 Yards Processed. 10 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1960
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1960
Description: 666 Yards Processed. 23 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 856 Yards Processed. 13 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1958
Description: 11 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1956
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1962
Description: 2,000 Yards Processed. 22 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1964
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1941
Description: 1411 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1962
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1916
Description: 7,578 Yards Processed. 452 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: 3,707 Yards Processed. 558 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1907
Description: 199 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1907
Description: 1581 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1906
Description: Production Reported 3656 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 13 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 463 Yards Processed. 18 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 486 Yards Processed. 70 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 750 Yards Processed. 51 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 2,106 Yards Processed. 317 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 100 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 4,851 Yards Processed. 630 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 53 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 3,618 Yards Processed. 315 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 78 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 1,326 Yards Processed. 489 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 23 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 52 Yards Processed. 237 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 5696 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 2377 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 56 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 6 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 1,360 Yards Processed. 31 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1932
Description: 132,311 Yards Processed. 245 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1931
Description: 122 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 244 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 104 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1929
Description: 309 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 9,000 Yards Processed. 155 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 11 Troy Ounces Gold


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): MSHA MID 5000162 MSHA MID 5000739 MSHA MID 5001056 USGS CRIB D002682 ADDITIONAL OWNERS: JACK & PATRICIA BABCOCK,GORDON FULTON & BUCK DANCER,R. OLSON & D. LANGLOW,CURWOOD & B. GACKSTETTER, H. C. SHOEMAKER, K. & D. PIERCE, H. FRANCIS, F. WYATT & MRS. CLIFF JACOBSON, LAWRENCE STRINGFELLOW, WALTER JUDKINS, L. O. HARTLEY & LON MATHIS, MARY LOU TEEL, C.S. HALL, P.F. ABBOTT, DENNIS & JANET TIMM,GARY NASH,HENRY CHOATE,THOMAS MCKEE, JOY MORGAN, GORDON FULTON, AND M. A. MORGAN. PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1965: 54,069 OZ AU, 11,531 OZ AG (USBM AFOC FILES). REF. POINT LOCATED AT RATHBURN MINE ON LOWER PART OF CREEK. OTHER OPEN CUT MINES ARE LOCATED UPSTREAM.


References

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 31

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 36

Reference (Deposit): B824d pp. 161-164

Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 37

Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 37

Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 35

Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B442n pp. 235-236

Reference (Deposit): B442o pp. 246-250

Reference (Deposit): B480d pp. 88, 90

Reference (Deposit): B480j pp. 162-163

Reference (Deposit): B520e p. 89

Reference (Deposit): B520n p. 245

Reference (Deposit): B538 pp. 60-62

Reference (Deposit): B542j p. 211

Reference (Deposit): B592r p. 360

Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 61

Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 63

Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 56

Reference (Deposit): B692b p. 37

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-007

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-009

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-012

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-013

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-020

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-065

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-090

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-092

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-093

Reference (Deposit): B251 pp. 59-61

Reference (Deposit): B259c p. 39

Reference (Deposit): B263 pp. 14, 208

Reference (Deposit): B284l p. 126

Reference (Deposit): B295 p. 21

Reference (Deposit): B314n pp. 188-193

Reference (Deposit): B345c p. 50

Reference (Deposit): B379b pp. 29, 53-54

Reference (Deposit): B442a p. 39

Reference (Deposit): B225 p. 58

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-097

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-102

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-103

Reference (Deposit): B926A pp. 44, 72

Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 40-41

Reference (Deposit): TDM1 pp. 27, 32, 37, 41

Reference (Deposit): OF51 pp. 103-104

Reference (Deposit): C248 p. 3

Reference (Deposit): C335 pp. 4-5

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-111

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-114

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-115

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-118

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-122

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-368

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-369

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-371

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-383

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-438

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-444

Reference (Deposit): OF76-633 pp. 16-19

Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82 p. 16

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-156

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-172

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-182

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-183

Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 39

Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 43

Reference (Deposit): B897A pp. 49-50

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-123

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-124

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-125

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-129

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-137

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-145

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-149

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-152

Reference (Deposit): B897C pp. 235-245

Reference (Deposit): B910A pp. 49, 76-77

Reference (Deposit): B917A pp. 47-48, 74

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-456

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-471

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-512

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-187

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-200

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-201

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-204

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-205

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-216

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-226

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-233

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-243

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-269

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-270

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-283

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-290

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-328

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-342

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-343

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-351

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-352

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-353

Reference (Deposit): C348 pp. 11, 13-14

Reference (Deposit): GC5 p. 3

Reference (Deposit): IC8252 p. 54

Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 210

Reference (Deposit): MF391

Reference (Deposit): OF508 pp. 65-66

Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 pp. 22, 23


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