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Wiseman 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000544
MRDS ID A010748
Record type Site
Current site name Wiseman Area
Alternate or previous names Vermont Creek, Hammond River, Nolan Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.10889, 67.41636 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiseman B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 60 SQ MI. DIRECTLY NORTH 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.10889, 67.41636
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: SCHIST, PHYLLITE

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 1945

Mining district

District name Koyukuk District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED ABOUT 250,000 TOZ AU THROUGH 1961, MOSTLY FROM NOLAN CREEK AND HAMMOND RIVER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B1374, P. 154-155

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 76-340, P. 114-115, 141-142, 166

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST PRODUCTION FROM NARROW V SHAPED BURIED CHANNEL ON NOLAN CREEK.

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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