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Little Miller 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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002721
MRDS ID A015169
Record type Site
Current site name Little Miller Creek Placer.
Related records 10112009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.20491, 64.3945 (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 B-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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 70A. DEPOSIT NEAR MOUTH OF LITTLE MILLER CR. WHERE CREEK CROSSES BENCH OF DOME 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.20491, 64.3945
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1893
Year of first production 1893

Mining district

District name Fortymile

Comments on development

  • MINED OUT IN 1890'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM PLACERS OF LITTLE MILLER CREEK HAD BEEN RECONCENTRATED FROM HIGH-LEVEL GRAVEL THAT FORMED A BENCH ALONG THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF DOME CREEK. GOLD MAINLY NEAR OR ON BEDROCK, BUT SOME FINE GOLD THROUGHOUT GRAVEL THAT HAS A MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF 80 FEET AT THE NORTH END OF THE CUT.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 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

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