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Gold Basin Creek Placer

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002754
MRDS ID A015208
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Basin Creek Placer
Related records 10184523

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.77195, 65.11433 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-371, LOC. 34. DEPOSIT CENTER MIDWAY BETWEEN HEAD AND MOUTH OF GOLD BASIN CREEK, ABOUT 2,000 FT. NW OF SLED ROAD MARKED ON 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
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.77195, 65.11433
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THICKNESS OF OVERBURDEN VARRIES MORE WITH SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY THAN BEDROCK TOPOGRAPHY ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS PHYLLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hot Springs

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • IN 1917 PROSPECTORS FOUND CONSIDERABLE TIN, BUT LITTLE GOLD. DRILLING AND SHAFT PROSPECTING BEGINNING IN ABOUT 1912 LASTED A FEW YEARS AND WAS RESUMED IN THE 1930'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL AMOUNTS OF ROUNDED CASSITERITE AND FINE GOLD ON PHYLLITE BEDROCK AT DEPTHS OF 40-80 FT.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FT. 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-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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