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Wade Creek 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 10000551
MRDS ID A010757
Record type Site
Current site name Wade Creek Area
Alternate or previous names Napolean Creek
Related records 10234241

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.60823, 64.08587 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fortymile River WSR(Wild and Scenic River)

Wild and Scenic River BLM(Type of land area)

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 40 SQ. MI. INCLUDING NAPOLEAN AND WADE CREEKS 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
Cassiterite Gangue
Cinnabar Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.60823, 64.08587
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: SEVERAL VARIETIES OF SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1898
Year of last production 1968

Mining district

District name Forty Mile

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY PRODUCED 100,000 TOZ AU OR MORE

Comments on development

  • MOST ACTIVITY WAS PRE 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 1374, P. 133, 136

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-845, P. 55-56, 96-97

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD CONCENTRATED IN GRAVELS TOWARDS BEDROCK AND IN CREVICES IN BEDROCK

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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