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Lynx Creek Placer Mine

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. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001177
MRDS ID A011880
Record type Site
Current site name Lynx Creek Placer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.66427, 66.97982 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shungnak D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Shungnak NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shungnak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kobuk River(hydrologic unit)

Kobuk-Selawik Rivers(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NANA Regional Corporation, Incorporated(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION PLOTTED FROM DESCRIPTION IN ADGGS GR 39, P. 57; DEPOSIT EXTENDS FROM NE 1/4, SEC. 9 TO 5 1/2 OF SEC. 3, T.18N., R. 10 E.; MAIN WORKINGS AT NE 1/4, SEC. 9 AND NW 1/4 SEC. 10 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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -156.66427, 66.97982
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVEL FINE-GRAINED, LESS THAN 1 IN IN DIAMETER; BOULDERS RARE ; MAJOR.UNITS: GARNETIFEROUS MICA SCHIST ; REG.COM: PROBABLY DERIVED FROM QUARTZ VEINS CUTTING BEDROCK; SOME RECONCENTRATION FROM GLACIAL DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1912
Year of last production 1940

Comments on development

  • SMALL SCALE SLUICING OPERATIONS 1912-1940; DEPOSIT SUPPORTED 1 TO 2 MAN MINING OPERATION FOR AT LEAST 28 YEARS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 78-120I, LOC. 33

  • Deposit

    ADGGS GR 37, P. 57

  • Deposit

    REED, IRVING, 1931, PLACER DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER KOBUK GOLD FIELDS, UNPUB. TDM REPORT, P. 27-28

  • Other Database

    BAG-OFR-78-120I-33

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCAL GRADIENT: 240-370 FT/MI; SEE ALSO: CALIFORNIA CR., DAHL CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit AU FOUND CLOSE TO BEDROCK BENEATH THIN VENEER OF GRAVEL; 1-2 FT OFBEDROCK MINED WITH GRAVEL; BEDROCK ACTED AS NATURAL RIFFLES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1986 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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