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Patterson Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tin
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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 10002748
MRDS ID A015202
Record type Site
Current site name Patterson Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.93583, 65.0435 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Tanana SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tanana(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

  • COORDINATES GIVEN FOR PLACER AT CONFLUENCE WITH SULLIVAN CREEK IN SW CORNER OF TANANA (A-2) 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
Silver Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.93583, 65.0435
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SLATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Comments on development

  • SPORADIC MINING REPORTED IN EARLY 1900'S. PROSPECT DRILLING, 1918.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER GOLD RECOVERED AT CONFLUENCE WITH SULLIVAN CREEK. GRAVELS 35-70 FT. DEEP. MOST OF MINING WAS ON TRIBUTARIES AND BENCHES BETWEEN TRIBUTARIES.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 50 FT. PER MILE. LOCATION DESCRIPTION FOR ENTIRE LENGTH OF PATTERSON CR. IN TANANA (A-1, 2). ; 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-MAY-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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