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Killarney 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. 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 10002755
MRDS ID A015209
Record type Site
Current site name Killarney Creek Placer
Related records 10135790

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.74334, 65.1185 (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. 35. DEPOSIT THOUGHT TO BE ABOUT 1/2 MILE UP KILLARNEY CREEK FROM CONFLUENCE WITH COONEY CR., ABOUT 1000 FT. NORTH 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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.74334, 65.1185
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CREEK HEADS IN ROUGHTOP MTN. QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIVE. ; 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

  • PROSPECTED 1912-15 BY DRILLING FOR TIN WITH A CHURN DRILL AND SINKING SHAFTS. NO RECORD OF MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINE CASSITERITE AND VERY FINE GOLD ON PHYLLITE BEDROCK AT DEPTHS OF 40-80 FT. MARKS NE LIMIT OF TIN BELT.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 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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