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Myers Fork Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002712
MRDS ID A015156
Record type Site
Current site name Myers Fork Placer
Related records 10136488

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.93046, 64.08642 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH OF CHICKEN

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 A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NTVALL(Federal land areas administered by NTVALL)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 51A. PLACER FROM MOUTH OF MYERS FORK UPSTREAM FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE. MYERS CR. A TRIBUTARY OF CHICKEN CR. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER OF PLACER. 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
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Barite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Analytical data

Result MEAN OF 17 ASSAYS SHOWED FINENESS .833 AU AND .160 AG. SEE REF. 2. P. 176.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK BENCHES HAD NO SURFACE EXPRESSION BEFORE MINING BEGAN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Fortymile

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • MINED BY DRIFTING, OPEN CUT, SMALL HYDRAULIC PLANTS, AND GROUND SLUICING AND HYDROLICKING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST OF GOLD RECOVERED AT THE BASE OF GRAVEL ON BEDROCK BENCHES ON BOTH SIDES OF CREEK. COARSE GOLD MINED ON BEDROCK IN 1903. OVERBURDEN 8-20 FT. THICK; 2-12 FEET OF GRAVEL OVERLAIN BY COARSE SAND AND FINE GRAVEL. ON THE EAST SIDE OF CREEK MOST OF GOLD FOUND BENEATH A THIN CLAYEY OR SILTY STRATUM A FEW INCHES ABOVE BEDROCK. BEDROCK IS MAINLY MAFIC IGNEOUS ROCK, DEEPLY WEATHERED AND CUT BY GRANITIC DIKES IN PLACES.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT SLIGHTLY OVER 100 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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