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Myrtle Creek Placer

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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107521
MRDS ID A011960
Record type Site
Current site name Myrtle Creek Placer
Related records 10184905

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.05052, 67.22025 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIBUTARY TO SLATE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiseman A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS CONFLUENCE OF SLATE CR. AND MYRTLE CREEK; MINING ON MYRTLE CR. FOR 6 MI UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH 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

Analytical data

Result NUGGETS UP TO 1 OZ
Result ONE EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE NUGGET (23 OZ) FOUND IN 1940

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.05052, 67.22025
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOWER PART OF MYRTLE CREEK CUTS INTO BENCH GRAVELS OF SLATE CREEK ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SCHIST CUT BY AT LEAST ONE GREENSTONE DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1899
Year of first production 1899

Mining district

District name Koyukuk

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mitch Fleming
    Home office General Delivery, 'Wiseman, Ak.
    First year 1984

Comments on the production information

  • NO DATA ON TOTAL PRODUCTION; BETWEEN 1900-1909 PRODUCTION WAS VALUED AT $182,000.00 [EQUIVALENT TO 8,805 FINE OZ AU ASSUMING PRICE OF AU AT 20.67/FINE OZ]

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT MINING AND SMALL-SCALE HAND METHODS PRIOR TO 1909; HYDRAULICMINING, MAINLY ON BENCHES AFTER 1909; LARGEST OPERATION USED A DRAGLINE AND BULLDOZERS (AS RECENTLY AS 1953)

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTENTLY MINED SINCE 1899; MITCH FLEMING REPORTED TO HAVE "TRENCHED TO TEST HIS GROUND" ON MYRTLE AND SLATE CREEKS IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CREEK GRAVELS 2-4 FT DEEP, 100-300 FT WIDE; AU ON AND IN CREVICES IN SCHIST BEDROCK; BENCHES 10-30 FT THICK ALSO MINED
Deposit SAME AS MYRTLE CR. (CHANDALAR QUAD.); ONE OF THE MAJOR PRODUCERS OF THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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