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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002066
MRDS ID A012919
Record type Site
Current site name Basin Creek Placer
Related records 10160173

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.263, 64.6854 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIB. OF NOME RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sitnasuak Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • TAILINGS MAPPED ON USGS TOPO MAP: 2000 FT DOWNSTREAM AND ABOUT 1000 FT UPSTREAM OF POINT GIVEN. 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 Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Scheelite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AU WORTH $18.00/OZ., PRICE OF AU = $20.67/FINE OZ., USGS BULLETIN 263, P. 209.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.263, 64.6854
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • OVER 30% OF CLASTS OVER 10 IN IN DIAMETER IN GRAVELS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: LIMESTONE WITH SOME INTERBEDDED CALCAREOUS AND CHLORITIC SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 1900-1903, WAS BETWEEN $20,000-$30,000 IN AU, PRICE OF AU = $20.67/FINE OZ., USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 174-175.

Comments on development

  • MINED THROUGH USE OF HYDRAULIC NOZZLES AND ELEVATOR 1900-1903; "HOME-MADE" DREDGE OPERATED IN 1960.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAY 150 FT WIDE FOR 2 MILES ALONG CREEK; AVERAGE SECTION: (TOP TO BOTTOM) 2 FT OF SOIL, 3 FT OF ROUNDED GRAVEL, 12 FT OF AURIFEROUS COARSE ANGULAR GRAVEL AND CLAY RESTING ON BEDROCK WITH AU IN CREVICES TO DEPTH OF 1/2 - 1 1/2 FT.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit GRADIENT: 100-150 FT/MI. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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