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Canyon Cr.

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000451
MRDS ID A010621
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon Cr.
Related records 10233778

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.45954, 60.71536 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward C-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seward NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic unit)

Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880B. SITE CONTINUES FOR SEVERAL MILES (8-10) ALONG CANYON CREEK. PRIMARY ACTIVITY ON DOWNSTREAM END. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result FINENESS OF 9 SAMPLES VARIED FROM 0.831 TO 0.839

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.45954, 60.71536
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SLATE, SANDSTONE, GRANITE RECEMENTED BY IRON OXIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hope District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATE REPRESENTS A MINIMUM FIGURE.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE CLAIMS AND SMALL SCALE PRODUCTION IN 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-B, LOCATION 16

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P 47-48

  • Production

    USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES, LOCATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RICHEST LOCATION WAS JUST ABOVE CLAY FALSE BEDROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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