The Kelsall River is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Kelsall River MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kelsall River
Secondary: Bear Creek
Secondary: Clear Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau (Skagway subdistrict)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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 (Reference): Primary Reference = Wright, 1904 (B 236)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This prospect is at the western edge of the Alaska, Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Wright (1904 [B 236]) and Eakin (1919) report placer activity at this site but no geologic description or further details are given.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = According to Wright (1904 [B 236]), both Bear Creek and its tributary, Clear Creek, which joins Bear Creek 15 miles above its mouth, caused excitement in 1900 but had not been productive as of 1903. Miners had difficulty controlling high water and both quick sand and extreme depth to bedrock were reported. Eakin (1919) reported that extensive prospecting by manual methods failed to develop a workable deposit and the claims were abandoned prior to 1916.
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Probably minor if any.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary placer.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., 1984, Regional geologic summary, metallogenesis, and mineral resources of southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 84-572, 298 p., 1 plate, scale approx. 1:600,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Skagway quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-424, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Wright, C.W., 1904, The Porcupine district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 236, 35 p.
Reference (Deposit): Eakin, H.M., 1919, The Porcupine gold placer district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 699, 29 p.
Reference (Deposit): Wright, C.W., 1904, The Porcupine placer mining district, Alaska in Emmons, S.F., and Hayes, C.W., eds., Contributions to economic geology 1903: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 225, p.60-63.
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