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Minfile 093O006 500 acres. The placers generally occur in the top 1.5 to 3m of reworked glacial gravels deposited as bars and benches along streams and rivers. Philip Creek, a tributary of the Nation River, flows N through the Manson Upland, meandering to its Nation River confluence approx. 35km SW of the town of Mackenzie. Most of the placers along Philip Creek were worked in the very early 1900's. The placers generally occur in the top 1.5 to 3m of reworked glacial gravels deposited as bars and benches along streams and rivers. Normally worked by hand, these placer operations had limited success. The gold is fine and flat and while platinum is common with high values reported locally. Wheel Creek, a tributary 15km up stream from the mouth of Philip Creek, has a water wheel and other structures, comprising the most advanced workings of this area. Values in iridium also derived from assays.
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