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Yellow Creek Placer

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000656
MRDS ID A011279
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Creek Placer
Related records 10209472

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.83817, 63.56874 (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-2(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
015S;016S 017W;017W 34;3 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS INTERSECTION OF YELLOW AND GLACIER CREEKS; LOCATION OF PLACER OPERATIONS UNCERTAIN, BUT THEY MUST FALL WITHIN 1 MILE RADIUS OF POINT GIVEN 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
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.83817, 63.56874
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REG.COM: KANTISHNA LODE DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • MINED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1906; AS RECENTLY AS 1975; TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY LESS THAN 1000 OZ

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADGGS RI 83-12, P.27

Comments on development

  • PRIMITIVE OPERATION IN 1975 USED PICK, SHOVEL AND WHEEL BARROW TO FEED A SMALL SLUICE; PRODUCED A FEW OUNCES GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW, RICH PAY STREAKS
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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