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Anvil Creek Placer

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002057
MRDS ID A012906
Record type Site
Current site name Anvil Creek Placer
Related records 10208901

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.41133, 64.57206 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position TRIB. OF SNAKE RIVER., Reference Point In Major Placer Area, Reference Point In Major Placer Area
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX. MIDPOINT OF NEARLY CONTINUOUSLY MINED SECTION OF ANVIL CR. EXTENDING FROM MOUTH OF NEKULA GULCH TO POINT WHERE CREEK CROSSES NOME-TELLER ROAD; ABOUT 3.6 MILES. 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
Tungsten Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABUNDANT SCHEELITE IN SLUICE BOXES HINDERED AU RECOVERY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Gold Unknown

Analytical data

Result AU MINED DURING FIRST TEN YEARS ESTIMATED TO AVERAGE $5.00-$6.00/CY, USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 82
Result AU WORTH $18.60-$18.75
Result USGS BULLETIN 263, P. 209, FINENESS GIVEN AS .890 IN USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 83.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.41133, 64.57206
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Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE COBBLES AND BOULDERS UP TO 2 FT IN DIAMETER; GRAVELS ARE COARSE, ANGULAR, LOCALLY COVERED BY SLIDE MATERIAL. ; REG.COM: NUMEROUS QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS IN SCHIST; GLACIAL TILL AND HIGH-BENCH DEPOSITS IN HEAD WATER AREA ARE KNOWN TO BE AURIFEROUS.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Year of first production 1899

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED PRODUCTION 1899-1903, $5,000,000 WORTH OF AU, MAINLY FROM STREAM PLACER, PRICE OF AU = $20.67/FINE OZ., USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 79; PRODUCTION FROM DRIFT MINE ON BENCH WORTH $160,000 FROM 21,000 CY OF GRAVEL, AU WORTH $18.60/OZ., USGS BULLETIN 263, P. 86-87, 209.

Comments on the workings information

  • STREAM PLACER REPORTED TO BE EXHAUSTED IN 1903; CREEK AND BENCH GRAVELS EXTENSIVELY DRIFT MINED AND DREDGED; ONE 500 FT DRIFT CONNECTED TO 600 FT TUNNEL WITH 40-FT CROSSCUTS AT 100 FT INTERVALS EXTENDING FROM BOTH SIDES OF MAIN TUNNEL.

Comments on development

  • EXTENSIVELY DRIFT MINED IN EARLY YEARS; HYDRAULIC MINING AFTER MIOCENE DITCH WAS COMPLETED IN 1903; DREDGE MINING 1922-1929 AND LATER; GREATLAND EXPLORATION LTD. DRILLED 6000 FT ON SEVERAL PLACERS IN THE ANVIL RIVER AREA IN 1985.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A012906

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS AND OTHERS, 1901, RECONNAISSANCES IN THE CAPE NOME AND NORTON BAY REGIONS, IN ALASKA IN 1900: USGS SPECIAL REPORT, P. 25, 69, 71-74.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 263, P. 56, 86-87, 150, 191, 209.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 169-170, 186-192.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 79-83.

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 4174, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 82-83.

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 27, LOC. 359.

  • Deposit

    ADGGS SR 39, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    ADGGS IC 7, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    KASTELIC, WILLIAM R., 1975, GOLD PLACER EXPLORATION, NOME, ALASKA, IN MINING YEAR BOOK, 1975: DENVER, COLORADO, COLORADO MINING ASSOCIATION, P. 85-89.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-463-102

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY RICH STREAM AND BENCH PLACERS ABOVE COASTAL PLAIN; STREAM GRAVEL 3-5 FT DEEP BENEATH 2-3 FT OF MUCK AND CLAY, AU THROUGHOUT GRAVEL AND TOP 6-18 IN OF BEDROCK; OLD CHANNEL OF ANVIL CR. 200-600 FT E OF PRESENT CHANNEL RANGES FROM 20-120 FT IN WIDTH, CUT 10-20 FT INTO BEDROCK, BURIED BY UP TO 25 FT OF GRAVEL AND FROM 1-14 FT (AVE. 3 FT) OF MUCK, SANDY CLAY, PEAT AND MOSS; LAYERS IN GRAVEL; FINE AU IN COASTAL PLAIN DEPOSITS ALONG LOWER COURSE OF STREAM; DREDGE GROUND ABOUT .75 MILES LONG NEAR UPPER END OF CREEK .
Deposit GRADIENT: 100 FT/MI; SOURCE OF RICHEST SECTIONS OF BEACH AND COASTAL PLAIN DEPOSITS OF NOME. ; 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-MAY-87 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey