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Otter Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony, 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 10002613
MRDS ID A015050
Record type Site
Current site name Otter Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.94876, 62.45079 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MILES EAST OF FLAT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-363, LOC. 8. VEIN IN BEDROCK BENEATH CREEK OR BENCH PLACERS. 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
Antimony Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.94876, 62.45079
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iditarod

Comments on development

  • VEIN UNCOVERED DURING MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD AND ANTIMONY FOUND IN 3 FT. THICK QUARTZ-STIBNITE VEIN. THE WALL ROCK IS A MINETTE.
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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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