Mine detail: Pioneer Creek Placer

Previously called 'What Cheer BarDoric Cr.Boothby Cr.Seattle Jr. Cr.Skookum Cr.Joe Bush Cr.'

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Location

Lat / long: 65.1899, -150.18639

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury, Tungsten
Gangue: Barite, Garnet, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphene, Tourmaline, Zircon
Other material: Cinnabar, Gold, Scheelite
Discovery year: 1902

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1902

Geology

Host type:Quartzite,Gravel
Alteration processes:Bedrock Greatly Iron Stained

References

MRDSA015221
DEP10002763
Reference{Deposit:: USGS MF-371 (A-1), LOC. 41}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 844-D, P. 195-98, 236-37.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 337, P. 82-83, 85-87}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 535, P. 30.}
ReporterPowers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.)