| Deposit ID | 10000418 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A010583 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Texas Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | Beluga Mountain |
| Geographic coordinates: | -151.09244, 61.72924 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | SEE LOCATION COMMENTS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tyonek C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Tyonek NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tyonek C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Susitna River(hydrologic unit)
Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| (1) | -151.09244, 61.72924 |
|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
|---|---|
| Significant | No |
| District name | Yentna |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010583 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | TY008 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011828 |
SMITH, P.S. 1934, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1932: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 857-A, P. 1-91.
SMITH, P.S., 1936, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1934: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 868-A, P. 1-91.
COBB, E.H., 1973, PLACER DEPOSITS OF ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1374, 213 P.
COBB, E.H., 1979, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS) IN THE KENAI AND TYONEK QUADRANGLES, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 80-86, 37 P.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1998, MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERALS INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM (MAS/MILS), TYONEK QUADRANGLE: WORLDWIDE WEB URL HTTP://IMCG.WR.USGS.GOV/DATA.HTML.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Tyonek quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-385, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GLACIO-FLUVIAL DEPOSITS OF PROBABLY TERTIARY AGE CONTAIN FINE GOLD, PROBABLY RECONCENTRATED FROM GLACIAL DEPOSITS, ALTHOUGH SOME MAY BE FROM BEDROCK SOURCES. SMITH (1934, P. 31-32; 1936, P. 33) REPORTED THAT GOLD IS FOUND IN BLUE CLAY FALSE BEDROCK ALONG STREAM BENCHES AND THAT THE PLACER IS DIFFICULT TO MINE BECAUSE OF NUMEROUS GLACIAL BOULDERS. THE GOLD TENOR IS LOW (COBB,1973, B1374, P. 23). |
| Deposit | REFERRED TO AS BELUGA MOUNTAIN BY SMITH, 1934. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1984 | Garrison, Michael T. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1998 | Millholland, Madelyn A. (Reihle, James) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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