Mine detail: Crow Creek

Previously called 'Girdwood propertyCrow Creek Mining Co.Holmgren-Erickson propertyGirdwood Mining Co.'

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Location

Lat / long: 60.99955, -149.08261

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Producer

Geology

References

MRDSA011680
DEP10001007
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ReporterS.W. Huss, D.P. Bickerstaff