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Site Report: NPS Denali Nat'l Park Glen Creek

Site Name: NPS Denali Nat'l Park Glen Creek
Address: Glen Creek, Denali Park, AK 99755
File Number: 220.38.035
Hazard ID: 4136
Status: Active
Staff: Brittani Mack, 9072628205 brittani.mack@alaska.gov
Latitude: 63.554780
Longitude: -150.742820
Horizontal Datum:NAD83

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Problems/Comments

Glen Creek encompasses Gold King #1-15 mining claims. Multiple site files were created due to location confusion in early reports. The Gold King site file has been deprecated and all site updates will be documented under this site file. These claims were placer gold mining claims that operated until the mid-1980s until the National Park Service acquired the claims. In 1991 during a Level I and Limited Level II Hazardous Substance Survey of the claims petroleum and mercury contamination were found. Petroleum contamination was found near the generator building, A-frame cabin, several drum storage areas, boxcar workshop, and burn pit. Mercury contamination found near Gold King #12 cabin. A reported 121 55-gallon drums, 158 5-gallon containers, 2 miscellaneous containers, and 36 batteries were also found. According to 2006 Waste Removal and Restoration Report 25 percent of the drums/containers were removed by landowner by 1996 and several stained areas were "presumably removed, spread out, or bladed over because they were not present during the 1996 survey". In 2004 the site was graded and stream channel of East Fork of Glen Creek was reestablished, and debris were removed. In 2005 further work at the site included removing waste, removing and thermally treating diesel-contaminated waste, and removing and disposing of mercury contaminated soil.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
7/28/2005 Site Added to Database Work plan received with no locational data Former Staff
3/1/2007 Update or Other Action Changed file number from 150.38.035 to 220.38.035 to reflect correct site location code. Wendy Uzzell
10/22/2008 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Intitial Ranking Complete for Source Area: 75108 (Autogenerated Action)
9/30/2014 Potentially Responsible Party/State Interest Letter Potentially responsible party letter sent to the National Park Service. Melody Debenham
4/26/2016 Meeting or Teleconference Held In meeting with NPS these mine sites were discussed. NPS remedial project manager said CERCLA sites like this are handled under a different program. DEC requested report from the demolition and disposal action in 2010. Further action is required. Fred Vreeman
1/18/2024 Update or Other Action On this date, the NPS Gold King #1-15 - Area # 1 site (HazID 1607) was deprecated and all future site updates will be documented in this file. Nick Waldo

Contaminant Information

Name Level Description Media Comments

Control Type

Type Details

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Description Details
Hazard ID Site Name File Number
1607 NPS Gold King #1-15 - Area # 1 220.38.020

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