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Copper Creek Placer

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities REE, Thorium, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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 10002680
MRDS ID A015121
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Creek Placer
Related records 10258490

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -143.30392, 64.85197 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 16. ON COPPER CREEK ABOUT 6 MILES ABOVE ITS CONFLUENCE WITH CHARLEY RIVER, ABOUT 100 FT. UPSTREAM FROM LODE PROSPECT. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE TAKEN 100 FT. UPSTREAM FROM ADJACENT LODE PROSPECT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore

Analytical data

Result U: .003-.013%. SEE REF. 2, P. 9, TABLE 5, SAMPLE 3688.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -143.30392, 64.85197
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1949
Discoverer H. Wedow And G.E. Tolbert

Mining district

District name Circle

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-393 (D-5), LOC. 16.

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC. 335, P. 9.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-393-16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER CONCENTRATE CONTAINED TRACE AMOUNTS OF MONAZITE. THORIUM WITHIN MONAZITE THOUGHT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RADIOACTIVITY AND TO CONTAIN URANIUM TRACE.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT UNDER 50 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
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-APR-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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