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Unnamed (on Dry Creek)

Prospect 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000705
MRDS ID A011340
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (on Dry Creek)
Related records 10209447

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.29284, 63.95965 (WGS84)
Relative position This placer prospect is on Dry Creek between the mouths of Newman Creek and Red Mountain Creek, a distance of approximately 4 miles. The map site is at the midpoint of the placer activity, in sec. 14, T. 11 S., R. 2 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This is locality 60 of Clark and Cobb (1972).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.29284, 63.95965
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Dry Creek is a placer gold prospect. part of the creek drains Tertiary sandstone, conglomerate, shale, and lignite, and part drains Early Mississippian to Middle Devonian Totatlanika Schist, composed predominantly of metavolcanic rocks (Wilson and others, 1998). The auriferous gravels are 4 to 8 feet deep and contain up to 0.17 ounce of gold per cubic yard (Capps, 1912). The upper part of the creek is incised into schist; mining there was hampered by abundance of large boulders and unstable ground (Cobb, 1978: OFR 78-1062).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Bonnifield

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface development only. The auriferous gravels contain up to 0.17 ounce of gold per cubic yard (Capps, 1912).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Capps, 1912

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-2000 N. Van Wyck Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

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