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Glenn Creek Placers

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107511
MRDS ID A011272
Record type Site
Current site name Glenn Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Glen Creek
Related records 10233822

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.74289, 63.55513 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
015S;016S;016S 016W;016W;017W 31;6,7,8 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS SITE OF MOST RECENT MINING ACTIVITY; AT THE JUNCTION OF THE E AND W FORKS OF GLENN CREEK 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
Antimony Tertiary
Gemstone Tertiary
Tin Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CASSITERITE CRYSTALS SEEN BY F.G. WELLS (USGS) SAID TO HAVE COME FROM GLEN CREEK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Galena Unknown
Stibnite Unknown

Analytical data

Result MAXIMUM VALUE EQUIVALENT TO 0.03 OZ FINE AU/BEDROCK FOOT (GOLD AT 20.67/FINE OZ), USGS BULL 314

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.74289, 63.55513
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Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M
    Width 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: DEPOSIT CONTAINS A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF BOULDERS AND LARGE SLABS OF SCHIST BEDROCK WHICH CAN HAMPER MINING OPERATIONS ; MAJOR.UNITS: QUARTZITE AND MICA SCHIST ; REG.COM: KANTISHNA LODE DEPOSITS

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both metallic and non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • MINED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1900'S; SINCE 1970, KANTISHNA PLACERS HAVE PRODUCED 3000 TO 500 OZ AU ANNUALLY, ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 25

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27

Comments on development

  • OLDER METHODS USED INCLUDED AUTOMATIC DAMS AND GROUND SLUICING; IN 1975, PAUL AND ERIC WIELER PROCESSED 20 TO 50 CY OF MATERIAL DAILY USING A BULLDOZER AND 2 1/2 BY 35 FT SLUICE, SEVERAL 1 OZ NUGGETS RECOVERED

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A011272

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 314, P. 215

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 687, P. 83-85

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 755, P. 41-42, 141-142

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 849-F, P. 353, 355-356, 372

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-168B, P. 37

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 47 LOC. 56

  • Deposit

    ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO SPRUCE CREEK ; 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.
Deposit PAY GRAVELS RANGE FROM 30 TO 150 FT IN WIDTH, AND FROM A FEW IN TO 3 FT IN THICKNESS; GOLD IS FOUND CONCENTRATED AT OR NEAR TOP OF BEDROCK, MAY ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH GRAVEL IN SOME PLACES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey