Flume Creek

The Flume 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

Name: Flume Creek  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 65.001, -147.54000

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Flume Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Flume Creek


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Open-cut placer gold mining was reported in 1915 (Brooks, 1915, p. 59). Small-scale mining was reported a few years in the 1960's (Eberlein and others, 1977, p. 39).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer gold was mined by open-cut in 1915 and by small scale operations in the 1960's (Brooks, 1915; Eberlein and others, 1977).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Mining has been reported but the amount of gold produced is unknown.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Eberlein and others, 1977


References

Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1915, Mineral resources of Alaska in 1914: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622, 238 p.

Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.

Reference (Deposit): Eberlein, G.D., Chapman, R.M., Foster, H.L., and Gassaway, J.S., 1977, Map and table describing known metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168-D, 132 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.


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