Clear Creek

The Clear Creek is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 5,102 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: Clear Creek

State: Alaska

County: na

Elevation: 5,102 Feet (1,555 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 61.6239, -143.84000

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Satelite image of the Clear Creek

Clear Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Clear Creek
Secondary: Copper Mountain Group
Secondary: M.S. 918
Secondary: Great Northern Development Co.

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Great Northern Development Co.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
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 (Deposit): M.S. 918 ISSUED 1916 ON 1165.08 ACRES - PAT#541521 (INCLUDES CLAIMS LOCATED IN VALDEZ QUADRANGLE). SEVERAL ADITS 1914-1916; ALTERED VEINS AS MUCH AS 2 M WIDE ALONG FAULTS THAT CUT NIKOLAI GREENSTONE AND GRANODIORITE; PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN VEINS AND AS DISSEMINATIONS IN GRANODIORITE AND GREENSTONE; RECENT EXPLORATION INTEREST (MF 773B).

References

Reference (Deposit): B417 p. 161

Reference (Deposit): B379i p. 156

Reference (Deposit): P15 p. 18

Reference (Deposit): SP5 p. 84

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 087-041

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 087-040

Reference (Deposit): B622g p. 113

Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 61

Reference (Deposit): B542f pp. 82-83

Reference (Deposit): B520g p. 106

Reference (Deposit): MF773B

Reference (Deposit): MF395

Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 41-42

Reference (Deposit): B947G pp. 132-136

Reference (Deposit): B894 p. 123

Reference (Deposit): B755b p. 66

Reference (Deposit): B745 pp. 94, 126-128

Reference (Deposit): B712a pp. 29-30

Reference (Deposit): B662g pp. 157-158

Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 30

Reference (Deposit): BMB142 pp. 37, 52

Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 54

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