Powers Creek Placer

The Powers Creek Placer 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

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Site Name

Primary: Powers Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Petersburg

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1869
Year Last Production: 1911
Discovery Year: 1869
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Silt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: UP TO 0.0031 OZ/CY, USGS B 1525, TABLE 33, SAMPLE 3K009

Materials

Unknown: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): METHOD OF WORKINGS UNKNOWN

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS CRETACEOUS PHYILLITE AND SLATE ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD MAY BE RELATED TO SUMDUM COPPER-ZINC DEPOSIT (SD-13, 14) AT HEAD OF POWERS CREEK.

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT 400 FT./MI. ON LOWER 0.5 MI. SECTION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): USGS B 1525, FIG. 74; USGS MF-425, LOC. 24. LOCATION IS AT MOUTH OF POWERS CREEK, PLACER EXTENDS DOWNSTREAM 0.1 MI. ALONG BEACH, UPSTREAM FOR UNKNOWN DISTANCE. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): POWERS CREEK PROSPECTED AND MINED INTERMITTENTLY FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS BEGINNING IN 1869. LAST ACTIVE CLAIM RECORDED IN 1911.

Comment (Deposit): A FEW COLORS OF GOLD PANNED FROM SAMPLES OF SILT, SAND, AND GRAVEL TAKEN BETWEEN COBBLES AND LARGE BOULDERS IN STREAM BED, BANKS, AND BEACHES AT MOUTH OF POWERS CREEK.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1525, P. 192-193, FIG. 74 (1984)

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-698, P. 23 (1978)

Reference (Other Database): BAG-B-1525-FIG-74

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