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Kantishna Area

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000545
MRDS ID A010749
Record type Site
Current site name Kantishna Area
Alternate or previous names Glenn Creek, Glacier Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.46121, 63.52735 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denali C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 60 SQ. MI. INCLUDING CREEKS DRANING SPRUCE & GLACIER PEAKS. 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
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Toegr
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1995

Mining district

District name Kantishna District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • AREA PRODUCED ABOUT 50,000 TOZ AU

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION FROM TOP 2 FEET OF GRAVEL IN STREAM FROM GLEN CREAK IN A PAY STREAK 30-150 FT WIDE AND FROM BENCHES. PRODUCTION FROM CREEK GRAVELS, BENCHES AND CRACKS IN BEDROCK FROM OTHER STREAMS

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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