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Goldstream Creek Area

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Tin
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000523
MRDS ID A010718
Record type Site
Current site name Goldstream Creek Area
Alternate or previous names Gilmore Creek, Fox Creek, Engineers Creek
Related records 10002851, 10112062

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.65295, 64.94134 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbanks D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 NORTHEAST OF GIVEN LOCATION. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = FAIRBANKS (1956) 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME CONCENTRATES WERE VERY RICH IN SCHEELITE, BUT IT IS UNCLEAR IF ANY WAS EXTRACTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Qs
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: MOSTLY SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Fairbanks District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 MILLION TO Z AU

Comments on the workings information

  • PRIMARILY DREDGED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 1374, P. 126-132

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 76-662, P. 56,58-59,62-64

Reporter information

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

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

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