Powers Creek Mine, Petersburg Mining District, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Powers Creek Mine | Mine |
| Petersburg Mining District | Mining District |
| Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
57° 45' 52'' North , 133° 30' 43'' West
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Mindat Locality ID:
199488
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:199488:2
GUID (UUID V4):
8458eb91-2369-470d-b6f8-64f76b8c58d3
The mine is in the Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness Area which is closed to mineral exploration and mining.
Location: Powers Creek has been intermittently mined for placer gold from 1869 to at least 1950 and has probably produced small amounts of gold. There is no record of where the mining took place and the site is arbitrarily plotted about 0.4 mile above the mouth of the creek, near the middle of the E1/2 section 25, T. 47 S., R. 73 E.
Geology: Powers Creek has been intermittently mined for placer gold from 1869 to at least 1950 and has probably produced small amounts of gold (Spencer, 1906; Kimble and others, 1984). There is no record of where the mining took place or how much gold was produced, and there is little evidence of workings along the creek. The total production was probably very small.
Workings: Placer gold has been mined intermittently from Powers Creek from 1869 to at least 1950. The location of the mining is uncertain.
Age: Probably Quaternary.
Production: There is no record of the amount of gold produced from Powers Creek but it is probably small.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer gold (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
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