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Little 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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002580
MRDS ID A015016
Record type Site
Current site name Little Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Gold Run, Discovery, Bonanza
Related records 10209157

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.50296, 63.04111 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES SOUTH TO 4 MILES SE OF OPHIR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ophir SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ophir(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-367, LOC. 20. HEAD TO MOUTH OF LITTLE CREEK. 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
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -156.50296, 63.04111
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SLATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Innoko

Comments on development

  • MINED BY OPEN CUT, DRIFTING, AND HYDRAULIC PLANTS IN EARLY DAYS. MINED BY DREDGE AFTER 1925.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN CRACKS IN SHATTERED BEDROCK. TOP 2-6 FT. OF BEDROCK STRIPPED AND MINED. STREAM AND BENCH PLACERS MERGE LATERALLY. OVERBURDEN 15-24 FT. THICK, 4-7 FT. OF GRAVEL.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT 100-150 FT. PER MILE. LOCATION REPRESENTS SEVERAL CLAIM ASSOCIATIONS EXTENDING FROM THE HEAD TO THE MOUTH OF LITTLE CREEK.
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-MAR-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

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