Canyon Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233816
MRDS ID A015170
MAS/MILS ID 0020600050
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon Creek
Related records 10002722

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -141.11096, 64.11757 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Eagle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 027 N 022 E 16 SW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -141.11096, 64.11757

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hillis, Kyle
    ID 5001059
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wilson's Mining Co. (Harry Wilson)
    ID 5001059
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Maxwell Mine And Exploration (Leslie Maxwell)
    ID 5001059
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1979
  • Type Operator
    Owner Pelkey Mining Co. (Darrell Pelkey)
    ID 5001059
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1979

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Description 39 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1213.03g
  • Year 1918
    Description 593 Yards Processed. 76 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2363.86g
  • Year 1922
    Description 1,000 Yards Processed. 20 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 622.06g
  • Year 1923
    Description 400 Yards Processed. 67 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2083.93g
  • Year 1924
    Description 47 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1461.86g
  • Year 1925
    Description 112 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3483.58g
  • Year 1926
    Description 147 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4572.21g
  • Year 1927
    Description 29 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 902g
  • Year 1936
    Description 2 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 62.2g
  • Year 1941
    Description 718 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 22332.29g
  • Year 1941
    Description 2334 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 72595.52g
  • Year 1947
    Description 10 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 311.03g
  • Year 1947
    Description 6,000 Yards Processed. 57 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1772.89g
  • Year 1948
    Description 32 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 995.31g
  • Year 1948
    Description 99 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3079.24g
  • Year 1949
    Description 107 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 3328.07g
  • Year 1949
    Description 94,000 Yards Processed. 1946 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 60527.37g
  • Year 1950
    Description 151 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 4696.62g
  • Year 1950
    Description 821 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 25535.95g
  • Year 1954
    Description 37 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1150.82g
  • Year 1954
    Description 157 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4883.24g
  • Year 1955
    Description 25 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 777.58g
  • Year 1955
    Description 129 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4012.34g
  • Year 1956
    Description 8 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 248.82g
  • Year 1956
    Description 35 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1088.62g
  • Year 1957
    Description 21 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 653.17g
  • Year 1957
    Description 10,000 Yards Processed. 82 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2550.48g
  • Year 1958
    Description 38 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1181.93g
  • Year 1958
    Description 12,000 Yards Processed. 131 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4074.55g
  • Year 1959
    Description 34 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1057.51g
  • Year 1959
    Description 12 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 373.24g
  • Year 1960
    Description 23 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 715.38g
  • Year 1960
    Description 73 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2270.55g
  • Year 1961
    Description 33 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1026.41g
  • Year 1961
    Description 112 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3483.58g
  • Year 1962
    Description 251 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 7806.97g
  • Year 1962
    Description 69 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2146.14g
  • Year 1963
    Description 14 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 435.44g
  • Year 1963
    Description 700 Yards Processed. 50 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1555.17g
  • Year 1964
    Description 51 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1586.27g
  • Year 1964
    Description 8,400 Yards Processed. 185 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 5754.14g
  • Year 1965
    Description 14 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 435.44g
  • Year 1965
    Description 2,150 Yards Processed. 45 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1399.65g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-047

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-087

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-111

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-148

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-155

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-156

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-226

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-234

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-243

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-244

  • Deposit

    AR21b p. 376

  • Deposit

    B345j p. 184

  • Deposit

    B345k p. 197

  • Deposit

    B375 pp. 35, 41

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    B442n p. 244

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    B480j p. 169

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    B520l pp. 215-216

  • Deposit

    B542j p. 216

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    B542j p. 220

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    B797a p. 22

  • Deposit

    B810a p. 29

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    B844A p. 36

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    B868A p. 42

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    B872 p. 245

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    B880A p. 43

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    B897C p. 187

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    B917A p. 53

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    B926A p. 48

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    B933A pp. 44, 67

  • Deposit

    TDM1 p. 27

  • Deposit

    IC8131 pp. 50-51

  • Deposit

    IC8252 pp. 47, 54

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    MF393

  • Deposit

    OF508 p. 72

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    POWERS, J.B. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FORTYMILE MINING DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    TO 1935. AK. TERR. DEPT. OF MINES MINER. REP. MR 60-2, 1935

  • Deposit

    19 PP.

  • Deposit

    PRINDLE, L.M. THE GOLD PLACERS OF THE FORTYMILE, BIRCH

  • Deposit

    CREEK, AND THE FAIRBANKS REGION, ALASKA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

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    BULL. 251, 1905, 89 PP.

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    WILLIAMS, J.A. ACTIVE MINING OPERATIONS IN THE FORTYMILE

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    DISTRICT OF THE FAIRBANKS PRECINCT IN 1951. AK. TERR. DEPT.

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    OF MINES MINER. REP. MR 60-3A, 1951, 3 PP.

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    ROEHM, J.C. REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS AND ITINERARY OF J.C.

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    ROEHM, ASSOCIATE MINING ENGINEER, TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT OF

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    MINES IN THE FORTYMILE PRECINCT, ALASKA. AK. TERR, DEPT. OF

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    MINES INVEST. REP. IR 60-1, 1949, 5 PP.

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    GREEN, C.B., T.K. BUNDTZEN, R.J. PETERSON, A.F. SEWARD, J.R.

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    DEAGEN, AND J.E. BURTON. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1988.

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    AK. DIV. GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. NO. 43, 1989,

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    P. 36.

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    SWAINBANK, R.C., T.K. BUNDTZEN, A.H. CLOUGH, E.W. HANSEN,

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    AND M.G. NELSON. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1991. AK. DIV.

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    GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. NO. 47, 1992, P. 30.

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    BURLEIGH, R.E., AND K.G. LEAR. COMPILATION OF DATA FOR

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    PHASE 1 OF THE MINERAL RESOURCE EVALUATION OF THE BUREAU OF

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    LAND MANAGEMENT BLACK RIVER AND FORTYMILE RIVER SUBUNITS.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES OFR 48-94, 1994, 116 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A000970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1995 Mirl-Mjn U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.