The Agitator Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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
Agitator Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Agitator Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chandalar
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Reed, 1930 (MR 31-4)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Reed (1930, MR 31-4, p. 10) noted that encouraging prospects had reportedly been found in the early days (about 1910) but that no mining had occurred and no prospecting was taking place at the time of Reed's report. No other information is available on this occurrence.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = There is no record of any actual mining activity on this creek.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Reed, I.M., 1930, Report on the Little Squaw area of the Chandalar mining district: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 31-4, 18 p.
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