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Mills & Canyon Creeks Area

Past 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000536
MRDS ID A010733
Record type Site
Current site name Mills & Canyon Creeks Area
Alternate or previous names Includes: Mills & Canyon Creeks

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.43592, 60.6662 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF TURNAGAIN ARM, KENAI MTNS.

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

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 30 SQ MI.: 2 TRIBUTARIES TO QUARTZ CREEK; AREA OF INTEREST 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

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD COARSE, SLIGHTLY WORN NUGGETS, FLAKY IN BENCH GRAVELS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.43592, 60.6662
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Auriferous Gravels

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS PROBABLY FROM UPPER CRETACEOUS VALDEZ GROUP ; MAJOR.UNITS: ROCKS OF UPPER CRETACEOUS VALDEZ GROUP ; REG.COM: MAY BE FROM WITHIN AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Hope District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 7700 OUNCES OF GOLD PRODUCED UP TO 1968

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC METHODS MOST COMMONLY USED

Comments on development

  • NEARLY CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION FROM 1900'S TO 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B1374, P. 37

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR77-169A, P. 64-65

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP MF-880 B

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MILLS & CANYON CREEKS MOST PRODUCTIVE IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Garrison, Michael T. (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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