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American 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 10209229
MRDS ID A015139
MAS/MILS ID 0020600012
Record type Site
Current site name American Creek
Alternate or previous names Dahl Creek, Discovery Fork, Teddys Fork
Related records 10002697

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -141.32352, 64.67898 (WGS84)
Elevation 576
Location accuracy 500(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 C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Hungwitchin Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 003 S 032 E 04 NWSWSE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) TrMsm
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dahl Creek Mine Owners: Stout And Fritsch
    ID 5001256
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Blue Water Mining- Jack Green, Harold Nevers
    ID 5001256
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1984

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER-OPERATOR ADDRESS: BLUE WATER MINING CO.- HAROLD A. NEVERS 81480 PINEWOOD DRIVE JUNEAU, ALASKA 99801

Production statistics

  • Year 1906
    Description Production Reported 275 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 8553.45g
  • Year 1907
    Description 13 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 404.34g
  • Year 1907
    Description 87 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2706g
  • Year 1915
    Description 131 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4074.55g
  • Year 1916
    Description 1,300 Yards Processed. 66 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2052.82g
  • Year 1917
    Description 3 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 93.31g
  • Year 1917
    Description 23 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 715.38g
  • Year 1918
    Description 5 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 155.51g
  • Year 1918
    Description 459 Yards Processed. 43 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1337.44g
  • Year 1919
    Description 3 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 93.31g
  • Year 1919
    Description 362 Yards Processed. 22 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 684.27g
  • Year 1921
    Description 1,900 Yards Processed. 181 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 5629.73g
  • Year 1922
    Description 1,200 Yards Processed. 96 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2985.93g
  • Year 1923
    Description 1,500 Yards Processed. 120 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3732.41g
  • Year 1924
    Description 451 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 14027.66g
  • Year 1925
    Description Troy Ounces Gold
  • Year 1926
    Description 84 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2612.69g
  • Year 1928
    Description 2,400 Yards Processed. 85 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2643.79g
  • Year 1929
    Description 22 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 684.27g
  • Year 1930
    Description 23 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 715.38g
  • Year 1931
    Description 71 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2208.34g
  • Year 1932
    Description 130 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4043.45g
  • Year 1935
    Description 11 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 342.13g
  • Year 1942
    Description 14 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 435.44g

Comments on the production information

  • USGS CRIB A000996, USGS CRIB A001031, USGS CRIB A001033. PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1944: 2,588 OZ. OF GOLD AND 232 OZ. OF SILVER (USBMAFOC FILES). BEDROCK IS A COMPLEX ASSEMBLAGE OF RECRYSTALLIZED AND PARTLY RECRYSTALLIZED SED. ROCKS AND GREENSTONES OF SEVERAL TYPES, ALL OF WHICH ARE CONSIDERED TO BE PALEOZOIC (UPSTREAM FROM THE S. LIMIT OF THE TERTIARY ROCKS AND S. TO THE HEADS OF BOTH FORKS). MUCH OF BEDROCK BELOW THE FORKS AND FOR A MILE UP THE MAIN FORK IS OF SERPENTINE, CUT BY BASIC DIKES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-017

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-026

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-054

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-104

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-105

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-186

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-195

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-197

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-256

  • Deposit

    B213 p. 48

  • Deposit

    B225 p. 57

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    B251 pp. 53-54

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    B259b p. 29

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    B263 pp. 14, 41, 59, 208

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    B284l p. 126

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    B314b p. 38

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    B375 pp. 44-45

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    B379b p. 53

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    B442n p. 244

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    B480j p. 172

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    B520l p. 217

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    B542j p. 220

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    B622c p. 64

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    B642c p. 63

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    B692b pp. 36-37

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    B783a p. 14

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    B797a p. 23

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    B810a p. 29

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    B813a p. 34

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    B816 pp. 162-163

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    B824a p. 39

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    B836a p. 38

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    B844A p. 40

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    B857A p. 38

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    B864A p. 42

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    B868A p. 44

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    B880A p. 47

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    B897A p. 55

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    B897C pp. 199-201

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    B910A p. 57

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    B917A p. 56

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    B926A p. 54

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    B917D pp. 247, 255

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    B933A p. 50

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    C316 pp. 7, 9

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    GC9 p. 3

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    P610 p. 26

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    B1281 pp. 32, 34

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    B1281 p. 31

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    B1315 p. 1

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    MF393

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    B1374

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    BMOF98-76 p. 27

  • Deposit

    OF77-168D

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. B-49

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    POWERS, J.B. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FORTYMILE MINING DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    TO 1935. AK. TERR. DEPT. OF MINES MINER. REP. MR 60-2, 1935

  • Deposit

    19 PP.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, A.H., AND G.C. MARTIN. THE ALASKA MINING INDUSTRY

  • Deposit

    IN 1919. U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 714-A, 1921, PP. 88-89.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P.S. FINENESS OF GOLD FROM ALASKAN PLACERS. U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SURV. BULL. 910-C, 1941, PP. 189-201.

  • Deposit

    BUNDTZEN, T.F., R.C. SWAINBANK, J.R. DEAGEN, AND J.L. MOORE.

  • Deposit

    ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1989. AK. DIV. GEOL. AND GEOPHYS

  • Deposit

    SURV. SPEC. REP. NO. 44, 1990, P. 34.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AND M.G. NELSON. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1992. AK. DIV.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. NO. 47, 1993, P. 30.

  • 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 MANAGEMANT BLACK RIVER AND FORTYMINLE 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

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/07/1984
MSHA mine ID5001256
Mine name (MSHA)American Creek Mine
Current operatorBlue Water Mining
Current controller (parent)Green Jack & Harold Nevers
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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