Cache Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold, PGE, Silver, Tin, Tungsten, Uranium
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258183
MRDS ID A010730
MAS/MILS ID 0020750002
Record type Site
Current site name Cache Creek
Alternate or previous names Lucky Gulch, Rambler Gulch, Short Creek, Moonshine No. 1
Related records 10000533

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -151.01529, 62.47454 (WGS84)
Elevation 442
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yentna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 028 N 009 W 31 SESENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -151.01529, 62.47454

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Yentna

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Philip Brandl
    ID 5000574
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Robert D. Earl And William R. Krager
    ID 5000574
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Frank H. Knapp
    ID 5000574
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Peter Vadis And Martin Evans
    ID 5000574
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Leonard Zaiser
    ID 5000574
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner James Beaver
    ID 5000574
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Bill Hall
    ID 5000574
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Robert D. Carlson
    ID 5000574
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1985

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER ADDRESS: PHILIP BRANDL BOX 246, STAR ROUTE A ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99507 OWNER ADDRESS: WILLIAM R & BLANCHE KRAGER 3612 NORTH POINT DRIVE ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99502 OWNER ADDRESS: HUBERT SAGER P.O. BOX 963 DELTA JUNCTION, ALASKA 99737

Production statistics

  • Year 1914
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Estimated Value Of Gold 50000 Dollars
  • Year 1917
    Description Value Of Gold 125000 Dollars
  • Year 1918
    Description Value Of Gold 150000 Dollars
  • Year 1919
    Description Value Of Gold 95000 Dollars
  • Year 1920
    Description Value Of Gold 45000 Dollars
  • Year 1921
    Description Value Of Gold 120000 Dollars
  • Year 1922
    Description Value Of Gold 223000 Dollars
  • Year 1927
    Description Value Of Gold 66000 Dollars
  • Year 1928
    Description Value Of Gold 73000 Dollars
  • Year 1929
    Description Value Of Gold 100000 Dollars
  • Year 1930
    Description Value Of Gold 75000 Dollars
  • Year 1931
    Description Value Of Gold 104000 Dollars
  • Year 1932
    Description Value Of Gold 114000 Dollars
  • Year 1933
    Description Value Of Gold 121000 Dollars
  • Year 1934
    Description Value Of Gold 192000 Dollars
  • Year 1943
    Description Producton Reported
  • Year 1962
    Description Value Of Gold $54000, Silver $6000 60000 Dollars

Comments on the production information

  • DREDGE BEING BUILT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADDITIONAL MSHA NOS. 5001134, 5001130, 5001086, 5001118, ADDITIONAL MSHA NOS. 5001117, 5001083, 5000571 MSHA MID 5001124 PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1962: 54,039 OZ AU, 6095 OZ AG (USBM AFOC FILES). OPERATORS ON CACHE CR. 1975: B. BARRETT, D. H. CUDDY, G. MARKLE, HUBERT SAGER, ALBERT NOSKY (OF 98-76) DREDGE NOT OPERATING DUE TO CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRICAL PLANT USGS CRIB A003458 USGS CRIB M045401 USGS CRIB A003448 USGS CRIB D002711

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUL-1991 Dwb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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