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Crevice Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Antimony
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000560
MRDS ID A011004
Record type Site
Current site name Crevice Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -151.85115, 67.35465 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position TRIBUTARY ON EAST SIDE OF JOHN RIVER., Within 4 Mi Of Location

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-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
029N 019W;020W Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER OCCURS ADJACENT TO STREAM 4 MI DOWNSTREAM TO 2 MI UPSTREAM FROM 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
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -151.85115, 67.35465
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: SCHIST, MARBLE. GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH GOLD-BEARING STIBNITE-QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL. ; REG.COM: GALENA AND COPPER MINERALS FOUND IN DEVONIAN SKAJIT LIMESTONE.

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 State

Comments on the production information

  • MAY BE ONLY PRODUCTION IN 1900-1909; 30 OZ/YR GOLD PRODUCTED IN UNKNOWN PERIOD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-APR-94 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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