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Elephant Creek Gold Placer Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002475
MRDS ID A013409
Record type Site
Current site name Elephant Creek Gold Placer Mine
Related records 10210085

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.87433, 61.86819 (WGS84)
Elevation 79
Relative position 18.2 MI. NW OF RUSSIAN MISSION, 2.9 MI. N OF VABM WILLOW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russian Mission D-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Russian Mission NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Russian Mission(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Calista Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-449, LOC. 9. LOCATION IS AT MOUTH OF ELEPHANT CREEK ON WILSON CREEK. PLACER EXTENDS UP ELEPHANT CREEK 2 MI. TO ITS HEAD. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RARE PLACER SCHEELITE IN CONCENTRATES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.87433, 61.86819
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3218.6M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS MESOZOIC-PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC ROCKS OF GEMUK GROUP, WITH SMALL TERTIARY GRANITIC PLUTONS NEAR HEAD OF CREEK. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD MAY BE TERTIARY GRANITIC PLUTONS NEAR HEAD OF CREEK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Year of first production 1913
Year of last production 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND METHODS USED BEFORE 1916. HYDRAULIC METHODS USED AFTER 1916.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED IN WINTER OF 1913-1914. PROSPECTING WITH CHURN DRILL 1915. HYDRAULIC PLANT INSTALLED AND MINING CONDUCTED IN 1916. INTERMITTENT MINING UNTIL 1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit MODERN STREAM DEPOSITS CONTAIN PLACER GOLD AND SCHEELITE.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FT/MI. LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON PLACER, USUALLY LUMPED IN WITH (DISAPPOINMENT CREEK) AND (WILSON CREEK). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

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