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Flume Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002681
MRDS ID A015122
Record type Site
Current site name Flume Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -142.42557, 64.99005 (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-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

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. 17. PLACER GROUND NEAR MOUTH OF FLUME CREEK INCORRECTLY SHOWN ON MF-393 AS LOC. 19. 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Chromite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -142.42557, 64.99005
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wnw-Ese Trending Shear Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK FOR A MILE ABOVE MOUTH IS MAINLY GREENSTONE AND SERPENTINE CUT BY DIKES IN PLACES. BEDROCK ABOVE LOWER MILE OF CREEK IS PALEOZOIC SCHIST. ; REG.COM: GOLD THOUGHT TO BE DERIVED FROM QUARTZ VEINS AND SILICA-CARBONATE ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Eagle

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTANT MINING REPORTED FROM 1908-1935. MOST OF MINING NEAR MOUTH, ALTHOUGH LOWER 2 MILES OF CREEK MAY HAVE BEEN WORKED. PROSPECTING 3 MILES ABOVE MOUTH DID NOT FIND MINABLE GROUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-393 (D-3), LOC. 17

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 897 P. 193-194.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-393-17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD MINED IN STREAM PLACER NEAR MOUTH.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FT. 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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