Carroll Creek Placer

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10002408
MRDS ID A013327
Record type Site
Current site name Carroll Creek Placer
Related records 10185789

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.75946, 57.85642 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.95 MI. W OF MEIGS PEAK, 6.3 MI. SE OF PT. ANMER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sumdum D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sumdum(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USBM OFR 85-86, FIG. 4, LOC. 163. LOCATION IS AT MOUTH OF CARROLL CREEK. PLACER EXTENDS AT LEAST 0.25 MI. UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH. 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 > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.75946, 57.85642

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS MES-PAL VOLCANIC ROCKS ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881

Mining district

District name Juneau

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SLUICING DONE IN RECENT YEARS.

Comments on development

  • EVIDENTLY DISCOVERED IN 1881. CLAIM STAKED IN 1981, SOME SLUICING DONE IN RECENT YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 85-86, P. 48, FIG. 4, LOC. 163 (1986)

  • Other Database

    USBM-OFR-85-86-FIG-4-163

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit PLACER GOLD CAN BE FOUND IN CREEK.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT 400 FT./MI. LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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