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Napoleon Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160776
MRDS ID A015162
MAS/MILS ID 0020600011
Record type Site
Current site name Napoleon Creek
Alternate or previous names Wicks Bar, Discovery 1-5, 7
Related records 10002717

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -141.72208, 64.10666 (WGS84)
Elevation 482
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fortymile River WSR(Wild and Scenic River)

Wild and Scenic River BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 027 N 019 E 20 C Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -141.72208, 64.10666
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1917

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bayless, Alice E. And Rambaud, John
    ID 5000312
    Interest 56
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Rambaud
    ID 5000312
    Interest 44
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1977
  • Type Operator
    Owner G. A. Hanks
    ID 5000312
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner G. A. Hanks And Sons
    ID 5000312
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1983
  • Type Operator
    Owner Vernon Weaver
    ID 5000312
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1985

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Description 12 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 373.24g
  • Year 1917
    Description 77 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2394.96g
  • Year 1919
    Description 12 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 373.24g
  • Year 1919
    Description 81 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2519.38g
  • Year 1920
    Description 350 Yards Processed. 143 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4447.79g
  • Year 1921
    Description 100 Yards Processed. 11 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 342.13g
  • Year 1922
    Description 3,000 Yards Processed. 29 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 902g
  • Year 1923
    Description 250 Yards Processed. 20 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 622.06g
  • Year 1924
    Description 59 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1835.1g
  • Year 1925
    Description 45 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1399.65g
  • Year 1926
    Description 42 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1306.34g
  • Year 1936
    Description 17 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 528.75g
  • Year 1945
    Description 17 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 528.75g
  • Year 1945
    Description 114 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3545.79g
  • Year 1946
    Description 45 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1399.65g
  • Year 1946
    Description 35,000 Yards Processed. 284 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 8833.38g
  • Year 1947
    Description 140 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4354.48g
  • Year 1947
    Description 22 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 684.27g
  • Year 1948
    Description 137 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 41585.35g
  • Year 1948
    Description 33 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1026.41g
  • Year 1955
    Description 18 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 559.86g
  • Year 1955
    Description 50,000 Yards Processed. 113 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3514.69g
  • Year 1956
    Description 4,340 Yards Processed. 112 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3483.58g
  • Year 1956
    Description 18 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 559.86g
  • Year 1957
    Description 951 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 29579.41g
  • Year 1957
    Description 189 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 5878.55g
  • Year 1958
    Description 13 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 404.34g
  • Year 1958
    Description 5,800 Yards Processed. 86 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2674.89g
  • Year 1959
    Description 3 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 93.31g
  • Year 1959
    Description 3,300 Yards Processed. 16 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 497.65g

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1959: 2,612 OZ. OF GOLD AND 371 OZ OF SILVER (USBMAFOC FILES). G.A. HANKS CREW (2) WORKED CREEK WITH DOZER (CARNES-1975). THERE IS A VARIETY OF BEDROCK: THE UPPER VALLEY IS SCHISTS INTRUDED BY GRANITIC ROCKS, THE LOWER VALLEY (PALEOZOIC) IS PRINCIPALLY GREENSTONES AND LST, FRAGMENTAL ROCKS FROM SANDST. TO CGL, AND ALSO FRESH BASALT. THE GOLD IS ALL IN THE BEDROCK WITH AVERAGE 11 FT. DEPTH (B375).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-039

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-045

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-054

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-154

  • Deposit

    B251 p. 52

  • Deposit

    B284l p. 126

  • Deposit

    B345k pp. 194, 197

  • Deposit

    B375 pp. 35, 40-41

  • Deposit

    B379b p. 53

  • Deposit

    B442n p. 244

  • Deposit

    B480j p. 170

  • Deposit

    B520l p. 215

  • Deposit

    B542j p. 216

  • Deposit

    B797a p. 22

  • Deposit

    B813a p. 32

  • Deposit

    B824a p. 37

  • Deposit

    B836a p. 38

  • Deposit

    B844A p. 36

  • Deposit

    B857A p. 37

  • Deposit

    B864A p. 42

  • Deposit

    B868A p. 42

  • Deposit

    B880A p. 43

  • Deposit

    B897C pp. 183-185

  • Deposit

    B1271G p. 28

  • Deposit

    B1281 p. 20

  • Deposit

    MF393

  • Deposit

    OF508 p. 73

  • Deposit

    BMOF98-76 p. 27

  • Deposit

    AK MINE LICENSE-1983

  • Deposit

    AK MINE LICENSE-1985

  • Deposit

    SAUNDERS, R.H. MINING OPERATIONS IN THE FORTYMILE DISTRICT,

  • Deposit

    FAIRBANKS PRECINCT, 1953. AK. TERR. DEPT. OF MINES MINER.

  • Deposit

    REP. MR 60-4, 1953, 10 PP.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, J.A. ACTIVE MINING OPERATIONS IN THE FORTYMILE

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT OF THE FAIRBANKS PRECINCT IN 1951. AK. TERR. DEPT.

  • Deposit

    OF MINES MINER. REP. MR 60-3A, 1951, 3 PP.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, J.A. MINING OPERATIONS IN THE FORTYMILE DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    FAIRBANKS RECORDING DISTRICT. AK. TERR. DEPT. OF MINES

  • Deposit

    MINER. REP. MR 60-3, 1950, 5 PP.

  • Deposit

    ROEHM. J.C. REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS AND ITINERARY OF J.C.

  • Deposit

    ROEHM, ASSOCIATE MINING ENGINEER, TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT OF

  • Deposit

    MINES IN THE FORTYMILE PRECINCT, ALASKA. AK. TERR. DEPT. OF

  • Deposit

    MINES INVEST. REP. IR 60-1, 1949, 9 PP.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, A.H. THE ALASKA MINING INDUSTRY IN 1915. U.S. GEOL

  • Deposit

    SURV. BULL. 642, 1916, PP. 62-63.

  • Deposit

    SWAINBANK, R.C., T.K. BUNDTZEN, A.H. CLOUGH, E.W. HANSEN,

  • Deposit

    AND M.G. NELSON. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSRTY, 1991. AK. GEOL

  • Deposit

    SURV. SPEC. REP. NO. 47, 1992, P. 30.

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E. GEOLOGY OF THE YUKON GOLD DISTRICT, ALASKA.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOL. SURV. 18TH ANNU. REP., PT III, 1898, PP. 252-253.

  • Deposit

    BURLEIGH, R.E., AND K.G. LEAR. COMPILATION OF DATA FOR

  • Deposit

    PHASE 1 OF THE MINERAL RESOURCE EVALUATION OF THE BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    LAND MANAGEMENT BLACK RIVER AND FORTYMILE RIVER SUBUNITS.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES OFR 48-94, 1994, 116 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Hall U.S. Bureau of Mines

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