Alaska
Past Producer

Candle Creek Gold Placer

Alaska, United States
GoldSilverMercuryTungsten
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Description

Louis Blackburn And Bert Eldridge

Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryMercury
TertiaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueMagnetite
Other materialsCinnabar, Scheelite
Geology
Host rockBasalt,Monzonite,Quartzite,Shale,Sandstone
Associated rockMonzonite,Basalt
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1914
Discovery year1913
Identification
Deposit ID10002605
MRDS IDA015042
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.89112, -155.7946
References
USGS MF-379 (A-6), LOC. 20.USGS BULL. 864-C, P. 197-98.USGS CIRC. 255, P. 16, 18.BAG-MF-379-20