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Mogul Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002689
MRDS ID A015130
Record type Site
Current site name Mogul Creek Occurrence
Related records 10135841

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.81387, 64.88728 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 19.5 MILES WNW OF EAGLE.

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-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 27. DEPOSIT 1 MILE UP ESE FLOWING TRIBUTARY TO MOGUL CREEK. TRIBUTARY FLOWS INTO MOGUL CREEK 4 MILES ABOVE 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
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.81387, 64.88728
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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 Eagle

Comments on development

  • LODE PROSPECTED FOR BUT NOT FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-393 (D-2), LOC. 27.

  • Deposit

    ALASKA DEPT. OF MINES PAMPH 1, P. 27, 1942.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-393-27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER CINNABAR FOUND IN STREAM GRAVEL.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 300 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-87 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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