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Spruce Creek

Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Gold, Osmium, Iridium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038746
MRDS ID M046179
Record type Site
Current site name Spruce Creek
Alternate or previous names Tax Lease, Dream Lease, Lassie Creek Lease, St. Quentin Lease, Jewel Lease, Lynx Lease, Hard Scrabble Lease, Gladstone Lease, Peterboro Lease, Olalla Lease, Hope Fraction, Poker Lease, Joker Lease, Croker Lease, Bratt, Morse and Co., Wolf Lease, Clydesdale Lease, Colpe Mining Co., Ltd.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.50205, 59.55257 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIBUTARY OF PINE CREEK ESE OF ATLIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Osmium Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iridosmine Ore

Analytical data

Result SEE HARRIS AND CABRI (1973) FOR MINERAL ANALYSES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) Canada
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 89.92M
    Length 5181.6M
    Width 365.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Grade About 3%, Red Clays Have Higher Grade

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Discoverer Fred Marius
Year of first production 1898

Mining district

District name Atlin District

Comments on the production information

  • 1 = DREAM LEASE 2 = LOWER SPRUCE CREEK; 1898 - 1936 501,243 OZ AU WHOLE ATLIN DISTRICT, MOST FROM SPRUCE AND PINE CREEKS GRADE OF OLD CHANNEL VARY 1/2 OZ TO 20 OZ PER 40 SQ FEET

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMBERS DESCRIBE OLD CHANNEL

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: GRAVELS CEMENTED BY YELLOW CLAY PERMITS ONLY PARTIAL RECOVERY AFTER WE ATERING TAILINGS CAN RECOVER MORE AU

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRIS AND CABRI, 1973, CAN. MINERAL., V. 12, P. 104 - 112

  • Deposit

    AITKEN, J. D., 1959, GEOL. SURV. CANADA MEM. 307, P. 74 - 75

  • Deposit

    MANDY, J. T., 1936, B. C. REPT. TO MINISTER OF MINES, P. B39 - B56

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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