Mine detail: Birch Creek Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 64.45783, -155.35864

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin, Gold
Tertiary: Bismuth, Silver, Copper, Rhenium, Uranium, Thorium
Ore: Bismuth, Cassiterite, Gold
Gangue: Anatase, Garnet, Hematite, Ilmenite, Sphene, Zircon
Other material: Malachite
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1914

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Associated type:Granite
Alteration processes:Iron Derived From The Oxidation Of Pyrite.

References

MRDSA015531
DEP10003016
Reference{Deposit:: USGS MF-405 (B-5), LOC. 9}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 642, P. 246-247.}{Deposit:: USGS OF 239, P. 37, 40, 42-44.}{Deposit:: USGS OF 81-170, P. 16, 17.}
ReporterPowers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.)