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Carl Creek

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000534
MRDS ID A010731
Record type Site
Current site name Carl Creek
Related records 10136915

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.91293, 62.80945 (WGS84)
Relative position Placer gold was mined in a south-flowing tributary of Carl Creek, an east- flowing stream that empties into the Kuskokwim River. The Carl Creek placer deposit is located on the southwest flank of Candle Hills at approximately 550 foot (167 m) elevation, about 14 miles (22 km) southwest of McGrath village in NE1/4 sec. 6, T. 31 N., R. 35 W., of the Seward Meridian. Location is not precisely known and based on air-photo interpretation cited in Bundtzen and Laird (1983) and discussions with Lloyd Magnuson of McGrath.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGrath D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

McGrath NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McGrath(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stony River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.91293, 62.80945
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Carl Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Kuskokwim River, is about 2 meters wide and its floodplain is covered in pioneer flora. The stream dissects the Candle Hills volcanic-plutonic complex (Bundtzen and Laird, 1983; Bundtzen and Miller, 1997).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name McGrath

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = In 1917 and 1918, Albert Lind mined 18 ounces (558 grams) placer gold from shallow surface workings (Cobb, 1974; unpublished U.S. Mint records, 1920). Additional placer gold was mined by Carl and Gus Schutler during the 1920's and 1930's. Total production quantities of gold from Carl Creek are unknown (Bundtzen and Laird, 1983; Wimmler, 1925; Smith, 1939).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface tailings recognized from air-photo interpretation.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Bundtzen and Laird, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Gold-heavy mineral placer deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-OCT-98 T.K. Bundtzen Pacific Rim Geological Consulting

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