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Deadwood Creek and Trib

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Silver, Tin, Tungsten
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  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 10282050
MRDS ID A012208
MAS/MILS ID 0020500007
Record type Site
Current site name Deadwood Creek and Trib
Alternate or previous names Switch Creek, Lisa Association, Cottonwood, Abbott #3-#4, Joane, Discovery #1-#2, Rock Bottom #1, Aspen, Jasper Y, Shona's Only One, Moondust 1-5, Wilbur Mine, Susan Ann #1, #11,, Shane #1-#2, Discovery Gulch, Redfield Trustfund #1, Tommys Pup, 22 Pup, Duke #4-#5, Golden D, D & H Del #1, Janet #5-#9, #2,, Kathy 1, Harry Henry #1, Gladys, Jonathan, Wine Sap Association, Turner, Paradise Association, Dennis, Love Association, Elane #1, Paradise #2-#3, Birch, Birch 2, Willow, M&R 5-9, Alder, Claim 88, Sergeant #1, Joy 1.5-2, Pearl Claim, The Upstream Claim, Shebha #1-#2, Buckdancer, Jean, Constance #1
Related records 10001459

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -144.85013, 65.50804 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Location accuracy 500(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

Circle C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle(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
Fairbanks 008 N 014 E 22 NWSENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Qs
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner John C Thomas
    ID 5001238
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Erik Hansen
    ID 5001238
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jeff Knaebel Enterprises
    ID 5001238
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ventures North Mining
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Teel, Mary Lou
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Batchelor, Harold E.
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tom Hearney
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lawrence R Stringfellow
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner L. D. Hartley
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bonner And Hagdal Construction Co.
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joseph E. Vogler
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dennis Timm
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Wyatt
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joy Morgan
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Eric Rayburn
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert J Hendricks
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter Largent
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gordon Fulton
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rodney Mitchell
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter Bullwinkle
    ID 5001238
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bob Wilbur
    ID 5001238
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Curt Hamlin
    ID 5001238
    Year 1981
  • Type Operator
    Owner Doug Backus
    ID 5001238
    Year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1906
    Description Production Reported 3656 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 113714.32g
  • Year 1907
    Description 199 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 6189.59g
  • Year 1907
    Description 1581 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 49174.6g
  • Year 1915
    Description 3,707 Yards Processed. 558 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 17355.74g
  • Year 1916
    Description 7,578 Yards Processed. 452 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 14058.77g
  • Year 1917
    Description 78 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2426.07g
  • Year 1917
    Description 1,326 Yards Processed. 489 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 15209.6g
  • Year 1918
    Description 53 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1648.48g
  • Year 1918
    Description 3,618 Yards Processed. 315 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 9797.59g
  • Year 1919
    Description 100 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 3110.34g
  • Year 1919
    Description 4,851 Yards Processed. 630 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 19595.19g
  • Year 1920
    Description 2,106 Yards Processed. 317 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 9859.8g
  • Year 1921
    Description 750 Yards Processed. 51 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1586.27g
  • Year 1922
    Description 486 Yards Processed. 70 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2177.24g
  • Year 1923
    Description 463 Yards Processed. 18 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 559.86g
  • Year 1924
    Description 52 Yards Processed. 237 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 7371.52g
  • Year 1925
    Description 23 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 715.38g
  • Year 1926
    Description 13 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 404.34g
  • Year 1927
    Description 11 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 342.13g
  • Year 1928
    Description 9,000 Yards Processed. 155 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4821.03g
  • Year 1929
    Description 104 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 3234.76g
  • Year 1929
    Description 309 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 9610.97g
  • Year 1930
    Description 244 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 7589.24g
  • Year 1931
    Description 122 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3794.62g
  • Year 1932
    Description 132,311 Yards Processed. 245 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 7620.35g
  • Year 1934
    Description 6 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 186.62g
  • Year 1934
    Description 1,360 Yards Processed. 31 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 964.2g
  • Year 1935
    Description 56 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1741.79g
  • Year 1936
    Description 2377 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 73932.97g
  • Year 1941
    Description 1411 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 43887.01g
  • Year 1941
    Description 5696 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 177165.42g
  • Year 1942
    Description 290 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 9020g
  • Year 1942
    Description 848 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 26375.75g
  • Year 1946
    Description 134 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 4167.86g
  • Year 1946
    Description 20,000 Yards Processed. 539 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 16764.77g
  • Year 1947
    Description 240 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 7464.83g
  • Year 1947
    Description 45,000 Yards Processed. 977 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 30388.1g
  • Year 1948
    Description 141 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 4385.59g
  • Year 1948
    Description 20,000 Yards Processed. 689 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 21430.29g
  • Year 1949
    Description 74 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2301.65g
  • Year 1949
    Description 20,000 Yards Processed. 490 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 15240.7g
  • Year 1953
    Description 19 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 590.96g
  • Year 1953
    Description 2,600 Yards Processed. 70 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2177.24g
  • Year 1954
    Description 8 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 248.82g
  • Year 1954
    Description 3,000 Yards Processed. 31 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 964.2g
  • Year 1956
    Description 1,852 Yards Processed. 4 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 124.41g
  • Year 1956
    Description 1 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 31.1g
  • Year 1958
    Description 2 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 62.2g
  • Year 1958
    Description 11 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 342.13g
  • Year 1959
    Description 856 Yards Processed. 13 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 404.34g
  • Year 1960
    Description 3 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 93.31g
  • Year 1960
    Description 666 Yards Processed. 23 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 715.38g
  • Year 1961
    Description 2 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 62.2g
  • Year 1961
    Description 500 Yards Processed. 10 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 311.03g
  • Year 1962
    Description 2,000 Yards Processed. 22 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 684.27g
  • Year 1962
    Description 4 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 124.41g
  • Year 1963
    Description 2 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 62.2g
  • Year 1963
    Description 648 Yards Processed. 11 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 342.13g
  • Year 1964
    Description 175 Yards Processed. 3 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 93.31g
  • Year 1964
    Description 1 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 31.1g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MSHA MID 5000162 MSHA MID 5000739 MSHA MID 5001056 USGS CRIB D002682 ADDITIONAL OWNERS: JACK & PATRICIA BABCOCK,GORDON FULTON & BUCK DANCER,R. OLSON & D. LANGLOW,CURWOOD & B. GACKSTETTER, H. C. SHOEMAKER, K. & D. PIERCE, H. FRANCIS, F. WYATT & MRS. CLIFF JACOBSON, LAWRENCE STRINGFELLOW, WALTER JUDKINS, L. O. HARTLEY & LON MATHIS, MARY LOU TEEL, C.S. HALL, P.F. ABBOTT, DENNIS & JANET TIMM,GARY NASH,HENRY CHOATE,THOMAS MCKEE, JOY MORGAN, GORDON FULTON, AND M. A. MORGAN. PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1965: 54,069 OZ AU, 11,531 OZ AG (USBM AFOC FILES). REF. POINT LOCATED AT RATHBURN MINE ON LOWER PART OF CREEK. OTHER OPEN CUT MINES ARE LOCATED UPSTREAM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAY-1991 Dwb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/27/1981
MSHA mine ID5001238
Mine name (MSHA)Wilbur Mine
Current operatorBob Wilbur
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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