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Sledge Creek Placer

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  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 10002104
MRDS ID A012969
Record type Site
Current site name Sledge Creek Placer
Related records 10232913

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.52106, 64.6365 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position TRIB. OF SNAKE 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-2(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

  • ARBITRARILY CHOSEN POINT ON CREEK, PLACER CLAIMS ON BOTH FORKS AND ON N BANK AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. 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 Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.52106, 64.6365
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M
    Length 804.65M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2-FT WIDE QUARTZ VEIN EXPOSED IN CUT CONSISTED OF ORTHOCLASE PLUS IRON-STAINED QUARTZ WITH NO VISIBLE AU OR SULFIDES; ATTITUDE: N 40 DEGREES, 70 DEGREES E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • DRIFT MINING IN 1916, NO OTHER DATA ON ACTIVITY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU AND SCHEELITE IN STREAM GRAVELS 50 FT WIDE, 1 FT DEEP, AND 1/2 MILE LONG.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-87 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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