Kelsall River

The Kelsall River is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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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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