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Cripple Creek Venture

Plant in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tin
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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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186049
MRDS ID A001079
MAS/MILS ID 0020580045
Record type Site
Current site name Cripple Creek Venture
Alternate or previous names Golden Champion, Pioneer No. 2 Assn., Calvin Fraction, Park Horse, Keystone, Mahoney Bench, L Fraction, Cripple Creek, Evening Star Assn., Mahoney Bench, Gold Fraction, Gold Fraction, Old Channel, Gold Channel, Poverty Ridge, Nos. 4&6 Below Ll Bench, Forty Acre Bench Assn., Blue Sky No. 4, California Assn.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -147.92935, 64.85106 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbanks D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks(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 001 S 002 W 03 E2SESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -147.92935, 64.85106
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Alluvial Mining
Year of first production 1915
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Wash
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Cripple Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Exploration Orbite V. S. P. A.
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Yellow Eagle Mining, Inc.
    Interest 50
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1996

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Description Gold Production 20 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 622.06g
  • Year 1916
    Description 2,370 Yards Processed. 751 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 23358.71g
  • Year 1917
    Description 16,401 Yards Processed. 3682 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 114523.01g
  • Year 1917
    Description Silver Production 541 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 16826.98g
  • Year 1918
    Description Silver Production 108 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 3359.17g
  • Year 1918
    Description 1,333 Yards Processed. 775 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 24105.19g
  • Year 1921
    Description 700 Yards Processed. 139 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4323.38g
  • Year 1922
    Description 2,199 Yards Processed. 356 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 11072.83g
  • Year 1923
    Description 3,056 Yards Processed. 660 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 20528.29g
  • Year 1924
    Description Gold Production 657 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 20434.98g
  • Year 1996
    Description Ore Processed 4119 Cub Yrs.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit M.S. 354,1635,1652,1660,1680,1684,1697,1946,1948,2052, 2053 ISSUED ON CRIPPLE CREEK CLAIMS. PLACER CASSITERITE IS RARE ON CRIPPLE CREEK. PRODUCTION (USBM FILES) PRIOR TO 1947: 73,991 OZ AU, 11,539 OZ AG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JUL-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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