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Poker 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 10002724
MRDS ID A015173
Record type Site
Current site name Poker Creek Placer
Related records 10234224

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.03876, 64.05588 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 27 MILES EAST OF CHICKEN. 1 MILE WEST OF YUKON BORDER.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 76. PLACER GROUND LOWER 1 MILE OF POKER CREEK. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR CENTRAL POINT 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY OF 35 OZ. OF GOLD FROM POKER CR. SHOWED FINENESS .872 AU AND .122 AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.03876, 64.05588
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST AND QUARTZITE SCHIST WITH MANY QUARTZ VEINS ALONG CLEAVAGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fortymile

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTANT MINING REPORTED 1910-1934. MINED MAINLY BY OPEN-CUT HYDRAULIC METHODS. MINED BY DREDGE A FEW HUNDRED FEET UP POKER CR. IN 1912. MINED OUT BEFORE 1936.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST OF GOLD NEAR OR ON UPPER PART OF DECOMPOSED BEDROCK. OVERBURDEN 6-12 FT. THICK; 5-10 FEET OF GRAVEL OVERLAIN BY 1-2 FT. OF MUCK.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 FEET PER MILE. HEAD OF STREAM IN YUKON TERR. ; 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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