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Glacier Creek Placer

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000651
MRDS ID A011271
Record type Site
Current site name Glacier Creek Placer
Related records 10185576

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.93457, 63.59874 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
015S;015S 017W;018W 19,29,30,32,33,34;2,11,12,13,24 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS THE CENTER OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE AREA; ONLY THE UPPER 8 MI OF THE CREEK ARE MINEABLE 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
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.93457, 63.59874
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Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M
    Width 76.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVEL IS COARSE, WITH HIGH PERCENTAGE OF BOULDER SIZE CLASTS; PLACERS LIE BELOW TERRACES OF LAST GLACIATION ; MAJOR.UNITS: QUARTZITIC SCHIST, GREENSTONE SCHIST, GARNET MICA SCHIST; INTRUDED BY SEAMS AND LENSES OF QUARTZ ; REG.COM: KANTISHNA LODE DEPOSITS

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • MINED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1904 OR 1905; SINCE 1970, THE PLACER MINES OF KANTISHNA DISTRICT HAVE PRODUCED 3000 TO 5000 OZ OF AU ANNUALLY, ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 25

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME OF BENCH GRAVELS FROZEN

Comments on development

  • MOSTLY SMALL SCALE MINING; SLUICES AND "PICK AND SHOVEL"; A DRAGLINE OPERATION SOMETIME BETWEEN 1939 AND 1942 SEEMS TO HAVE PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL, BUT LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT IT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A011271

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 314, P. 218, 220

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 687, P. 89-92

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, J.A., 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, ALASKA IN STEWART, B.D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922: JUNEAU, ALASKA, P. 116, 118-119

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 836, P. 335

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1374, P. 154-155

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 849-F, P. 353, 371

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1108-A, P. A26, A29

  • Deposit

    ADGGS OFR 98, P. 8-9, 13-14

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-168B, P. 37

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 47 LOC. 54

  • Deposit

    11) ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM, BENCH AND BURIED CHANNEL GRAVELS; GOLD CONCENTRATED ON BEDROCK; PAY IS SPORADIC
Deposit SECOND ONLY TO EUREKA CREEK AS AN HISTORIC PRODUCER OF PLACER GOLD; STREAM GRADIENT: 130 FT/MI ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey