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Gilliland 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. 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 10002718
MRDS ID A015164
Record type Site
Current site name Gilliland Creek Placer
Related records 10209288

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.4235, 64.16727 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 17 MILES ENE 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-1(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

Fortymile River WSR(Wild and Scenic River)

Wild and Scenic River BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 59A. DEPOSIT NEAR MOUTH OF GILLILAND CREEK, A SOUTH FLOWING TRIBUTARY AT HEAD OF JACK WADE CREEK. 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

Analytical data

Result FINENESS 865 1/2 PARTS AU AND 129 PARTS AG PER THOUSAND. SEE REF. 2, P. 169.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Blue Creek Schist
    Rock description Blue Creek Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.4235, 64.16727
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS MICA SCHIST AND IRREGULAR SHAPED MASSES OF METADIORITE AND METAGABBRO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1936

Mining district

District name Fortymile

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • MINED BY SHOVELING-IN OPERATION NEAR MOUTH IN 1936.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD RECOVERED NEAR MOUTH IN AN OLD CHANNEL ABOUT 125 FT. WIDE WITH FLOOR 3-4 FT. BELOW PRESENT CREEK. CHANNEL IS WEST OF CREEK. GRAVEL 5 FT. THICK BELOW 3-4 FEET OF MUCK.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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