Moose Creek Mines (includes lower Boulder Creek; Value Creek), Hot Springs Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi

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Moose Creek Mines (includes lower Boulder Creek; Value Creek)	Group of Mines
Hot Springs Mining District	Mining District
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Location: Mining claims were staked in the 1960's, followed by placer mining, along Moose Creek, lower Boulder Creek, and Value Creek (Alaska Kardex files). The discovery claim notice for Moose Creek states that one of the corner claim posts is 150 feet from L.E. Anderson's old cabin. This cabin is presumed to be the one at the junction of Moose and Boulder creeks. Mining claim location notices show 18 claims in this claim block. The site is in the southeast quarter of section 29, T. 4 N., R. 18 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate within about 500 feet. This site closely corresponds with the site for Moose Creek, U.S. Bureau of Land Management MAS number 0020480115. This record also includes information about Value Creek, MAS number 0020480116.
Geology: The Moose Creek area is underlain mainly by Jurassic or Cretaceous clastic sedimentary rocks, and by Paleozoic limestone, dolomite, greenstone, and chlorite schist (Chapman and others, 1982). Serpentine Ridge, 1.5 miles to the south, consists of serpentinite and of mafic intrusive rocks that cut Mesozoic, predominantly marine sedimentary rocks. Eighteen or nineteen mining claims were staked between 1963 and 1966 by J & M Mining Co. along Moose Creek, Value Creek, and the part of Boulder Creek between Moose and Value creeks (Alaska Kardex files). The location notices state that gold was found on the discovery claim. Affidavits of annual labor from 1964 to 1993 list sampling, prospect holes, drilling, stripping, and sluicing. Recorded placer mining included 150 days in 1980, 40 days sluicing in 1981, 50 days sluicing in 1982, 20,000 feet of open cut in 1984, 22,000 feet of open-cut in 1985, and mining in 1990 and 1991. There is no record of production.
Workings: Eighteen or nineteen mining claims were staked between 1963 and 1966 by J & M Mining Co. along Moose Creek, Value Creek, and the part of Boulder Creek between Moose and Value creeks (Alaska Kardex files). The location notices state that gold was found on the discovery claim. Affidavits of annual labor from 1964 to 1993 list sampling, prospect holes, drilling, stripping, and sluicing. Recorded placer mining included 150 days in 1980, 40 days sluicing in 1981, 50 days sluicing in 1982, 20,000 feet of open cut in 1984, 22,000 feet of open-cut in 1985, and mining in 1990 and 1991.
Age: Quaternary.

Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

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