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Cooney Creek Placer

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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002756
MRDS ID A015210
Record type Site
Current site name Cooney Creek Placer
Related records 10257313

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.73083, 65.11683 (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. 36. DEPOSIT THOUGHT TO BE ABOUT 1 MILE UP COONEY CR. FROM CONFLUENCE WITH BAKER CR., ADJACENT TO 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.73083, 65.11683
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hot Springs

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Roughtop Mining Co. (Dozer, Sluice)
    Home office Albert Hagen, Manley Hot Springs, Ak. 99756
    First year 1975

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING IN 1912 AND 1913. SMALL PRODUCTION, 1938 MINED IN 1975 BY BULLDOZER AND SLUICING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED IN LARGE BODY OF VERY LOW GRADE GROUND.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 75 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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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