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Iron Creek Area

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000520
MRDS ID A010714
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Creek Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.15886, 64.96043 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solomon D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 40 SQ MI. GENERALLY SOUTH OF GIVEN LOCATION 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
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -164.15886, 64.96043
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: LIMESTONE AND SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Kougarok District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED "SIGNIFICANT" AMOUNTS OF GOLD 1900-1914, PROBABLY IN THE VICINITY OF 15,000-30,000 TOZ

Comments on development

  • MOST ACTIVE IN YEARS 1900-1914.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVELS IN STREAM WERE NOT RICH, BUT WERE PRETTY THOROUGHLY WORKED OVER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) 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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