Meketchum Creek

The Meketchum Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 449 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

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Site Name

Primary: Meketchum Creek
Secondary: Red Dog Claim

Commodity

Primary: Gold

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: Short Gulch Mining Co., Ltd.
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: Keith Tryck
Info Year: 1981

Production

Year: 1919
Description: 12 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 173 Yards Processed. 94 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: Production Reported 6 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 178 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 425 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 200 Yards Processed. 175 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 1,200 Yards Processed. 258 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 556 Yards Processed. 283 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 1,037 Yards Processed. 333 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

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 37

Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 34

Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 40

Reference (Deposit): B864C p. 155

Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 40

Reference (Deposit): MF405

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 056-024

Reference (Deposit): B692b p. 38

Reference (Deposit): MR195-6 pp. 34-35

Reference (Deposit): MR195-7 p. 92

Reference (Deposit): MR56-1

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