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Glacier Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
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  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308705
Record type Site
Current site name Glacier Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.30213, 59.41974 (WGS84)
Relative position The workings of this placer gold mine include at least the lower mile of Glacier Creek above its junction with the Klehini River (Eakin, 1919). Glacier Creek is a northeast flowing tributary of the Klehini River that is located approximately 2 miles west of Porcupine Creek. It is shown as location 25 by Cobb (1972 [MF 424]).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haines(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skagway B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Skagway SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Skagway C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chilkat-Skagway Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -136.30213, 59.41974
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = According to Hoekzema and others (1986), there was prospecting and placer mining on the lower parts of Glacier Creek from 1899 to 1918. As much as a quarter of million dollars was spent developing a placer mine that was probably based on salted samples. No significant production was reported. Glacier Creek is less steep than most of the creeks in the area. Reconnaissance sampling by the U.S. Bureau of Mines found no significant recoverable gold values. Pan concentrate samples contained up to 70% sulfides, mostly pyrite, 10% magnetite, and minor garnet and zircon.
  • Age = Probably no placer in Quaternary gravels.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Juneau (Skagway subdistrict)

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Probably little or no production.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Claims were staked on Glacier Creek in 1899 and 1900 but were not developed at that time due to the depth to the pay gravels and the low ore grades (Hoekzema and others, 1986). According to Eakins (1919) the creek was drilled at close intervals for over a mile upstream from the margin of the Klehini River valley and preparations were made to work a 4,200 long section of the lower valley. Dams, flumes, pipelines, giants and hydraulic elevator were installed by midsummer 1915 but operation was prevented by floods that year. There was little production in 1916 due to flooding in late June, 1916 . Hoekzema and others (1986) report that operations continued into 1918 but recovery was poor and the operation closed down after working a quarter mile of stream channel. They also cite a report by Beatty (1937) that indicates that a quarter of million dollars were spent on development that was based on drilling results which later proved to have been salted.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hoekzema and others, 1986

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Probably no placer but if so a placer Au deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-2001 T.C. Crafford T. Crafford & Associates

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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