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Mission 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002695
MRDS ID A015137
Record type Site
Current site name Mission Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.41524, 64.82145 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6.5 MILES WNW OF EAGLE., Within 2,500 Ft

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-1(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. 33. ABOUT .5 MILES UPSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE OF EXCELSIOR AND MISSION CREEKS. 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
Anatase Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Monazite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) Qs
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • STREAM CROSSES A BELT OF TERTIARY CONTINENTAL ROCKS DERIVED FROM OLDER METAMORPHIC AND GRANITIC ROCKS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK COMPOSED OF SLATE, SANDSTONE, CONGLOMERATE, LIMESTONE, AND COAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898

Comments on development

  • MINING REPORTED IN 1936. GOLD COULD NOT BE PROFITABLY RECOVERED AT 1938 PRICES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-393 (D-1), LOC. 33.

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC. 316, P. 7, 9.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM GRAVELS CONTAIN GOLD.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 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-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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