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Cascade Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112639
MRDS ID A001212
MAS/MILS ID 0021010006
Record type Site
Current site name Cascade Creek
Alternate or previous names Slim Smith, Edward Smith

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -161.23881, 59.32707 (WGS84)
Elevation 86
Location accuracy 100(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 010 S 071 W 04 C Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -161.23881, 59.32707
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Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Width 137M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Date of Last Modification 890725

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1939

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the ownership information

  • Previous owner: Bristol Bay Mining Co., 1939

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Description Gold Production 5218 Ounces
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 165000g/mt
  • Year 1940
    Description Silver Production 1202 Ounces
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 38010g/mt
  • Year 1941
    Description Gold Production 4066 Ounces
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 128500g/mt
  • Year 1941
    Description Silver Production 1097 Ounces
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 34690g/mt

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0021010006
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A001212 MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 101-017

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 101-026

  • Deposit

    MR101-2 pp. 11-12

  • Deposit

    B844A p. 44

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 370706

  • Deposit

    MR101-3 pp. 26-27

  • Deposit

    OF77-156 p. 31

  • Deposit

    B1139 p. 111

  • Deposit

    BMOF1-88 p. 6-7,14,16-17,31,52-53,134-135,137-13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A001217

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1989 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines