Mine detail: Cache Creek Placer

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Location

Lat / long:

65.09905, -150.81973

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Tin
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Chromium, Rhenium
Ore:	Cassiterite, Chromite
Gangue:	Barite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Picotite
Other material:	Gold
Discovery year:	1908

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1909

Geology

Host type:	Slate,Quartzite,Limestone
Alteration processes:	Cache Cr. Gravels Contain Oxidized Cobbles Of Serpentinized Gabbroic Rock.

References

MRDS	A015207
DEP	10002753
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS MF-371 (A-2), LOC. 33}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1058-I, P. 365-75, P. 409-10.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 844-D, P. 240-241.}{Deposit:: USBM RI 5373, P. 6-8}
Reporter	Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.)