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Nolan Creek Placer

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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000558
MRDS ID A011002
Record type Site
Current site name Nolan Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Smith Creek, Archibald Creek, Fay Creek
Related records 10185188

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.10612, 67.48247 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTHWEST OF MIDNIGHT DOME.

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
031N 012W Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER EXTENDS 2 MILES UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM LOCATION AND EXTENDS UP TO 2 MILE ALONG TRIBUTARIES JOINING FROM THE SOUTHEAST. 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

Analytical data

Result GOLD FINENESS IN SMITH CK GREATER THAN 970.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) DPxacs
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK SURFACE EXTREMELY UNEVEN ; MAJOR.UNITS: SCHIST ; REG.COM: QUARTZ VEINS WITH STIBNITE AND GOLD OCCUR UPSTREAM AND ADJACENT TO PLACER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Koyukuk District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • RESERVES OF UNKNOWN SIZE AND GRADE ARE THOUGHT TO BE PRESENT; PRODUCTION FIGURE UP TO 1983 FOR DISTRICT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 41.15M
    Overall length 6437.2M
    Overall width 3218.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEEP GRAVELS ARE FROZEN; DEPTH OF GRAVELS VARIES FROM 20 FT (CLAIMNO.1) TO 180 FT (CLAIM NO.8) AT CREEK MOUTH.

Comments on development

  • DRIFT MINING WITH 100 MEN INVOLVED (1913)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BENCH AND MODERN STREAM PLACERS CONTRIBUTE MINOR PRODUCTION
Deposit NOLAN VALLEY DEEPLY FILLED WITH GLACIAL SILT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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