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Glen Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tin
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101014
MRDS ID A015215
Record type Site
Current site name Glen Creek Placer
Related records 10136456

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.25166, 65.17601 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanana A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tanana SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tanana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-371, LOC. 39. PLACER IN UPPER COURSE OF GLEN CREEK. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER OF PLACER GROUND. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result FINENESS 774 AU
Result 2.5 GLM3 AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.25166, 65.17601
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.13M
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CREEK CUTS GRAVELS OF BENCH BETWEEN EUREKA AND OMEGA CREEKS. VALLEY OPEN AND SHALLOW. STREAM GRAVELS IN PLACES ARE OVERLAIN BY BLOCKS OF QUARTZITE SLIDE ROCK. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS WEATHERED JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS SLATE AND QUARTZITE. ; REG.COM: RICH PLACER PAY STREAK WAS DEVELOPED BY STREAM RECONCENTRATION FROM BENCH PLACERS OF SHIRLEY BAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Hot Springs

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Beardsley, Belseat, And Dillon; Eagle Mining Co.; Others.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 60HA

Comments on development

  • GOLD DISCOVERED IN JULY 1901. MINED 1901-1939 BY DRIFTING; THEN SOLD FOR $50,000 AND WORKED BY OPEN-CUT METHODS. DITCH BUILT, 1907.

Reference information

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN LOWER PART OF GRAVEL AND IN UPPER 2 FT. OF BEDROCK. PAY MAINLY IN PART OF STREAM THAT CUTS BENCH GRAVEL. OVERBURDEN 3-20 FT. THICK GRAVEL AND SLIDE ROCK.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 FT. PER MILE IN PAY SECTION OF CREEK. 3 MILE LONG TRIBUTARY OF EUREKA CR., THAT DRAINS SOUTHWARD ACCROSS SHIRLEY BAR. CREEK DRY DURING MOST OF SUMMER. CREEK CONSIDERED TO BE WORKED OUT BY 1931. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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