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Mail Box 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000590
MRDS ID A011044
Record type Site
Current site name Mail Box Creek Placer
Related records 10281693

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.49969, 67.10828 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI NE OF CHAPMAN ISLAND, N SIDE OF MIDDLE FORK.

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 A-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
026N 013W 06 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER 2000 FT UP CREEK FROM MOUTH. PLACER EXTENT UNKNOWN BUT LIKELY WITHIN .25 MI OF 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

Analytical data

Result GOLD FINENESS 898.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.49969, 67.10828
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ERRATIC BOULDERS SIMILAR TO THOSE AT TRAMWAY BAR. GRAVELS DERIVED FROM CONGLOMERATE CLIFFS BOUNDING CREEK. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS A FIRE CLAY WITH COAL

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 development

  • GROUND SLUICING; PROPERTY ACTIVE IN MIDDLE 1930S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 76-340, P. 131

  • Deposit

    REED, 1938, ALASKA DEPT OF MINES UNPUBL REPT, P.148-149.

Reporter information

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

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