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Gold from
Spruce Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spruce Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:589874
Long-form Identifier:1:3:589874:9
GUID (UUID V4):1042c465-ed50-48d5-bd14-d2e4592a7374
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
0.3km (0.2 miles) Tamarack Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Ophir Creek Mines, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) Little Creek; Gold Run; Discovery; Bonanza; No. 6 Pup Mines, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) Victor Gulch; Victor Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) Anvil Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) Innoko River Prospect, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) Ganes Creek Mines, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Dodge Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) Bedrock Gulch Mine, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) Ester Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
INTRODUCTION. The area here called the Cosna-Nowitna region extends southward from Yukon and Tanana rivers...general way the 1 Hcrron, J. S., Explorations in Alaska, 1899: War Dept., Adjt. General's Office, No. 31... 1901. 211 212 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1915. Yukon-Kuskokwim divide. A pack train of seven...the Yukon and Kuskokwim were mapped. Geologic mapping was extended over practically the same area. The...the eastern part. Still farther east, beyond the area surveyed, several small isolated ranges and hills
Report (issue)
GOLD PLACERS OF THE RUBY DISTRICT. By HENRY M. EAKIN. LOCATION AND EXTENT OF THE DISTRICT. The chief...settlement of the Ruby district is Ruby, situated on the south bank of Yukon River opposite the mouth...Melozitna River. The principal placer mines of the district are about 25 miles south of Ruby on a number of...streams that belong to the Nowitna River system. The area that includes the mines is small, but auriferous...in the surrounding territory extending from the Yukon southward 50 miles or more, with a width somewhat
Report (volume)
FINENESS OF GOLD FROM ALASKA PLACERS BY PHILIP S. SMITH Mineral resources of Alaska, 1937 (Pages 147-272)...fineness______________________-_____Metals other than gold in bullion from Alaska placers________ Descriptions of regions...fineness of placer gold Southeastern Alaska region__________________________ Juneau district ____________________...Slate Creek area__________________________ Middle Fork area___________________________ Rainy Creek area___...district_________________________________ Nelchimi district ______________________________ Cook Inlet-Snsitna
Report (volume)
Placer Deposits of Alaska By EDWARD H. COBB GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1374 An inventory of the...the placer mines and prospects of Alaska, their history and geologic setting UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...and method of presentation __ Definitions _-____ Alaska Peninsula region Aleutian Islands region ________...Anchorage district _ Redoubt district ___-_ _ Valdez Creek district __ _ Willow Creek district Yentna district...district _____________ _ ____ __________ _____ Copper River region __ _ _ _ Chistochina district Nelchina
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 754 THE RUBY-KUSKOKWIM REGION ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, JR. ' AND G. L. HARRINGTON...Local details____ ___________ Yukon River______ _________ Poorman Creek _____ Nowitna and Susulatna valleys...rocks Continued. Local details Continued. Page. Innoko district__________________________ 30 Takotna and...fish____ _ Other mining factors __________________________ Gold placers _ _ _ Ruby district _______________________________..._______________________________ History of mining ______________________ General character of placers________________
Report (issue)
OF THE NOBTHEKN KOYUKUK VALLEY, ALASKA BY ROBERT MARSHALL Mineral resources of Alaska, 1931 (Pages 247-256)...drainage in northern Koyukuk region__.____._ Page 252 RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTHERN KOYUKUK VALLEY By ROBERT...conducting investigations of the mineral resources of Alaska, about one half of the Territory has been surveyed...the headwater region of the Koyukuk River, the large tributary of the Yukon from the north that rises in...into the Arctic Ocean. Surveys of parts of the Koyukuk region have been made by the Geological Survey
Report (issue)
Director. Bulletin 868 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1934 BY...separate publication] Page (A) Mineral industry of Alaska in 1934, by P. S. Smith (published Jan. 25, 1936)_______...3. 4. Topographic map of Kodiak and vicinity, Alaska. ___________ Geologic map of Kodiak and vicini...upper Ugak Bay_ _______________________ 7. Kodiak, Alaska, in August 1912, several months after the explosion...sketch map of the Kaiyuh Hills and part of the Ruby district- ______________________________________________
Report (volume)
SMITH, DIRECTOR 578 THE ^ IDITAROD-RUBY REGION ALASKA BY HENRY M. EAKIN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING...................... Other conditions affecting mining............... .«........................ General... Iditarod district........................................................ Innoko district..................................................... Ruby district..................................................................................... Iditarod district..............................................
Report (issue)
MINING ON SEWARD PENINSULA. By GEORGE L. HARKINGTON. PLACER MINING. SUMMARY OP MINING CONDITIONS. During...Seward Peninsula were generally favorable for placer mining until the later part of September and the first...dredges and a few of the larger plants continuing mining after that date and most of the latter working...labor. Gold, tin, and platinum were recovered through some of the various methods of placer mining. No information...in previous years as a by-product of placer mining for gold. Difficulty had been experienced in marketing
Report (issue)
SURVEY Metallogeny and Major Mineral Deposits of Alaska by 1 Thomas K. BundtzenS 7 Henry C. Berg 0"3 ,...endorsement by the U.S.G.S. ' U.S. Geological Survey ^ Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...unpublished data on metalliferous mineral deposits of Alaska, and on recent and older published articles and... universities, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys... Andersen, Resource Associates of Alaska, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska Roger P. Ashley, U.S. Geological Survey
Report (issue)
MINERAL EESODRCES OF ALASKA IN 1911. By ALFRED H. BROOKS and others. PREFACE. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. The...The mineral industry of Alaska is, for the most part, in a stage of development where the results of...completed. Hence, those interested in any particular district are urged to procure a copy of the complete report...previously issued, summarizes the conditions of the mining industry and presents statistics of production...as condensed statements of the progress of the mining industry for the years which they cover. The fund
Report (issue)
RUBY-KUSKOKWIM REGION ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, Jr. Mineral resources of Alaska, 1933 (Pages 115-245)...________-___ Ruby district._______-___-____--._-_--.-__---_--__._______ Ruby area.______-_____--_---...area____-______.__--_-___--__-_-___-_________ 145 Long Creek and Bear Gulch..____________________ Fifth of July...______________________ Greenstone Creek.._______._________._._-_._.___._ Monument Creek.______________________________...Meketchum Creek._______________________________ Trail Creek____.________________________ Flint Creek and tributaries
Report (volume)
separate publication ) (A) Mineral industry of Alaska in 1936, by P. S. Smith (published in March 1938)...--------------------_1 (B) 'The Valdez Creek mining district in 1936, by Ralph Tuck (published in March...-.. ._.._..........__._.__._.._._.__.... 109 (C) Gold placers of the Fortymile, Eagle, and Circle districts...publications on Alaska. _ _ _ _ _ On back of plate 1 ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas...and maps of Alaska.___________________________ In pocket 2. Sketch map of Fortymile district, showing location
Report (volume)
683 THE ANVIK-ANDREAFSKI REGION ALASKA (INCLUDING THE MARSHALL DISTRICT) BY GEORGE L. HARRINGTON WASHINGTON................. 28 Koserefslu River to Mountain Creek............................ 29 Dogfish Village....................................... History of mining development.............":.:.....................Economic factors affecting mining..................................... Gold placers............ 1............ Wilson Creek......... .1 ........................................... Willow Creek.............
Report (issue)
Director °\ Bulletin 880 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1935 ...separate publication] Page (A) Mineral industry of Alaska in 1935, by P. S. Smith (published in March 1937)...Capps (published in January 1938). Ill (D) The Eska Creek coal deposits, Matanuska Valley, by Ralph Tuck (published...publications on Alaska..___0n back of plate 1 ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATB 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas...covered by selected available reports and maps of Alaska.._-______----___________ In pocket 2. Reconnaissance
Report (volume)
IMOKO GOLD-PLACER DISTRICT ALASKA WITH ACCOUNTS OF THE CENTRAL KUSKOKWIM YALLEY AND THE RUBY CREEK AND...AND GOLD HILL PLACERS BT A. G. MADDREN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1910 CONTENTS. Preface................................................. Innoko Valley............................................................................. Discovery of gold.....!........................................................................................... Yukon River..........................................
Report (volume)
Metalliferous Lode Deposits and Placer Districts of Alaska By WARREN j. NOKLEBERG, THOMAS K. BUNDTZEN, HENRY...metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786 Bibliography...No.: 119.3:1786 1. Placer deposits-Alaska. 2. Ore deposits-Alaska. I. Nokleberg, Warren j. II. Series...COVER Mill buildings at Kennecott, Alaska. The Kennecott district Cu-Ag mines in the Wrangell Mountains...deposit description for Kennecott district (number 30 for southern Alaska). Copyrighted drawing used by permission
Report (issue)
GOLD PLACER MINING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INNOKO-IDITAROD REGION. By A. G. MADDREN. INTRODUCTION. Although...of the pioneer American prospectors of interior Alaska are known to have entered and passed through parts...are said to have visited the Innoko Valley as early as 1898, placer gold in paying quantities was not...this part of Alaska until 1906. In the summer of that year gold was found on Ganes Creek, one of the principal...principal headwaters of Innoko River, and since then a placer camp, with an average population of 150
Report (issue)
CLARK-IDITAROD REGION. By PHILIP S. SMITH. INTRODUCTION. The area described in this report has for convenience been...270) shows the relation of this area to the southwestern part of Alaska. Different parts of this region...and is preparing a report of his observations. The area lying between the settlement of Iditarod on the...writer while 1 Maddren, A. G., Gold placer mining developments In the Innoko-Idltarod region: U. S. Geol...geologic reconnaissance of the Illamna region, Alaska: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 485, 138 pp., 1912. Eakln
Report (issue)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1913. By ALFRED H. BROOKS and others. PREFACE. By ALFRED H. BROOKS The...annual bulletins 1 treating of the progress of mining in Alaska a.nd summarizing the results achieved du.ring...particular district are therefore urged to procure a. copy of the com­ plete report on th.at district as soon...the year and summaries of the conditions of the mining industry, including statistics of mineral production...shall serve as convenient reference works on the mining industry for the yea.rs which they cover. Lack
Report (volume)
Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 910 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1937 PAPERS...separate publication Page (A) Mineral industry of Alaska in 1937, by P. S. Smith (published in May 1939...(B) Platinum deposits of the Goodnews Bay district, Alaska, by J. B. Mertie, Jr. (published in January...1940)_______ _________________ 115 (C) Fineness of gold from Alaska placers, by P. S. Smith, (published in 1941)...publications on Alaska. _ On back of plate 1 ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas
Report (issue)
Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 864 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1933 BY...separate publication] Page (A) Mineral industry of Alaska in 1933, by P. S. Smith_________ Selected list...publications on Alaska______ (B) The Willow Creek-Kashwitna district, by S. R. Capps and Ralph Tuck_______...location of gold placer-mining operations___________________ 3. Sketch showing location of placer-mining claims...claims on Long Creek, in the Ruby district___________________ 4. Sketch map of Cripple, Ophir, Tolstoi,
Report (issue)
GOLD PLACERS OF THE ANVIK-ANDREAFSKI REGION. By G. L. HARRINGTON. INTRODUCTION. The Anvik-Andreafski...and west of the lower Yukon River, between Anvik and Andreafski rivers. The area covered by surveys in...Topographic and geologic traverses were made on the Yukon from Anvik to Andreafski and up Anvik, Bonasila...000 feet. Along the west and north bank of the Yukon there are in places sharply dissected areas, but...18 Bull. 662 22 333 334 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1916. UPLANDS. The uplands are scarcely of sufficient
Report (issue)
there is a mineralized area in which placer gold has been mined and copper, gold, leadsilver, and asbestos...of a stampede of gold seekers kf 1898, but although a few thousand dollars in gold was produced annually...annually for several years, in 1910 the district was nearly deserted. Many problems of importance both to...and the Kobuk on the south. Although this small area is the place where minerals of economic importance...features of northwestern Alaska is in preparation and will serve to extend the area covered by this more
Report (volume)
Mcndenhall, Director Bulletin 926 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1939 PAPERS...industry of Alaska in 1939, by Philip S. Smith_____ .._._. (B) Geology of the Gerstle River district, Alaska...molybdenum minerals in Alaska, by Philip S. Smith.._ (D) Geology of the Portage Pass area, Alaska, by F. F. Barnes...107 161 211 ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE Page 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas covered by selected available reports...Topographic reconnaissance map of the Gerstle River district, Alaska _ _______________ _____l_______-_-__________
 
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