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Windy Creek Placer

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tin, Tungsten, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000920
MRDS ID A011585
Record type Site
Current site name Windy Creek Placer
Related records 10185968

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -151.02557, 62.4626 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIBUTARY TO CACHE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yentna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS WINDY CREEK CHANNEL DEPOSIT, AS SHOWN ON FIG. 4.2-B(3) IN USBM OFR 24-78 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
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCARCE SN, W AND NATIVE CU IN CONCENTRATES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Garnet Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zircon Gangue
Cassiterite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -151.02557, 62.4626
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVEL AVERAGES 5 IN IN DIAMETER WITH SOME BOULDERS FROM 1TO 3 FT IN DIAMETER; GLACIAL MUD LAYER IS OVERLAIN BY 20 FT OF GRAVEL CONTAINING ABUNDANT PYRITE ; MAJOR.UNITS: TERTIARY COAL-BEARING CLAY AND SANDSTONES (KENAI FM?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yentna/Cuche Creek

Comments on development

  • 1917 REPORT THAT 300,000 TO 400,000 CY OF MATERIAL WAS HYDRAVLICKED; LAST USGS REPORT OF MINING WAS IN 1940; APPARENTLY THERE HAS BEEN POST 1970 PROSPECTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BENCH DEPOSITE CONSISTS OF 40-60 FT OF GRAVEL WITH THE LOWER 6 FT IRON-STAINED AND CEMENTED,OVERLAIN BY 100 FT OF GLACIAL MUD WITH LARGE ANGULAR BOULDERS; AU IN LOWER IRON-STAINED 6 FT
Deposit DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE A PRE-GLACIAL CONCENTRATION OF ORE; SIMILAR TO NUGGET CREEK; SEE ALSO: CACHE CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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