Clinton Creek Mine

Past Producer in Yukon Territory*, Canada with commodity Asbestos
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10279110
MAS/MILS ID 1220600004
Record type Site
Current site name Clinton Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Porcupine Pit , Creek Pit, Snowsh, Oe Deposit and Bear Creek Zone

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -140.66957, 64.34478 (WGS84)
Elevation 606
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle B-1 OE E(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle E OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Yukon Territory*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -140.66957, 64.34478

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 240M
    Length 1350M
    Width 50M
    Area 50HA
    Depth to top 100M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 50
    Date of Last Modification 791114

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Year of first production 1967

Mining district

District name Dawson

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cassiar Asbestos Corp. Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 24HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Percent Waste Rock 42
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 9
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 50
    Capacity 6300
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 245
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, CLINTON CREEK MINE CLOSES TO SOUND OF

  • Deposit

    AUCTION GAVEL; OCT. 19, 1978, P.A21.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINER, CASSIAR ASBESTOS, MINING-MILLING AT HIGHER

  • Deposit

    RATES; AUGUST, 1974, P.20,21.

  • Deposit

    CASSIAR ASBESTOS CORP. LTD. STAFF, THE CLINTON CREEK MINE;

  • Deposit

    IN MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA, THE TENTH

  • Deposit

    COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS, SEPT.2-28

  • Deposit

    1974, SECTION V, ARTICAL B, P.1-16.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 77-RCD-010-PRODUCTION EXPECTED TO CEASE FIRST QUARTER 1978 U PRODUCTION FROM THE BEAR CREEK ZONE IS PROVEN TO BE FEASI 77-RCD-611-BEAR CREEK ZONE EST. TO CONTAIN 6.8MM MT RESOURCE UNDERGROUND MINE BEING STUDIED BECAUSE OF 9:1 STRIP RATIO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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