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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001242
MRDS ID A011961
Record type Site
Current site name Smally Creek Placer
Related records 10112300

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.56385, 67.0205 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Reference Point In Placered Area, Reference Point In Placered Area, Reference Point In Placered Area, Reference Point In Placered Area

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-2(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

Comments on the location information

  • ARBITRARY POINT ON SMALLY CREEK; LOCATION OF INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS UNCERTAIN 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

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE FINENESS: 907

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.56385, 67.0205
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINING IN 1937 WAS "IN SMALL AREA" NEAR FORKS (?); DEPTH TO BEDROCK 17 FT, WITH 4 TO 7 FT OF MUCK AND THE REST GRAVEL; GRAVEL IS COARSE, WELL WORN WITH MANY BOULDERS ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS BLACK SHALE AND QUARTZ CONGLOMERATE ; REG.COM: AU MAY HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM CRETACEOUS (?) CONGLOMERATE BEDROCK; POSSIBLY A FOSSIL PLACER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Koyukuk

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • GROUND SLUICING AND "SHOVELLING IN"

Comments on development

  • MINING IN 1937 AND PROBABLY ALSO IN EARLY 1900'S; AT LEAST 4 PLACER CLAIMS ON CREEK, ACTIVE YEARS: 1956-60, 68, 70-79; CURRENT STATUS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 10 TO 13 FT OF GRAVEL; AU ON BEDROCK AND IN LOWER 6 FT OF GRAVEL
Deposit NUMEROUS CLAIMS IN THE VICINITY WERE ACTIVE IN THE EARLY 1980'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-86 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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