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Warm Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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 10001821
MRDS ID A012632
Record type Site
Current site name Warm Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Goldbottom Cr.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -163.9158, 64.95489 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position CONFLUENCE OF WARM CR. AND GOLDBOTTOM CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solomon D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-445, LOC. 116; MOST MINING ACTIVITY WAS IN THE VICINITY OF THE JUCTION OF GOLDBOTTOM AND WARM CR. 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
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -163.9158, 64.95489
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COARSE PEBBLES AND BOULDERS OF GREENSTONE COMMON ; MAJOR.UNITS: MICA-SCHIST WITH INTENSELY FOLDED LIMESTONE, SOME GREENSTONE ; REG.COM: LOCALLY DERIVED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Council

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 1900-1903 WORTH $100,000 WITH PRICE OF AU SET AT $20.67/FINE OZ, USGS BULLETIN 449, P. 122.

Comments on development

  • SMALL-SCALE MINING, INCLUDING USE OF HORSE-DRAWN SCRAPERS, 1900-1909; INTERMITTENT DREDGING NEAR MOUTH OF WARM CR., 1909-1922.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: (CAMP CR.) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit NEAR MOUTH OF WARM CREEK (ON GOLDBOTTOM CR.): 5-6 FT OF GRAVEL, AU IN LOWER 2 FT OF GRAVEL AND TOP 1 FT OF SCHIST BEDROCK; DREDGED; 2 MI ABOVE MOUTH OF WARM CR.: AU IN BEDROCK AND BASAL 1 FT OF GRAVELS 6-7 FT DEEP UNDER THIN SOIL AND MUCK LAYER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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