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Little Moose Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002862
MRDS ID A015343
Record type Site
Current site name Little Moose Creek Placer
Related records 10208621

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.95289, 64.03018 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbanks A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Fairbanks S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks C(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-410, LOC. 63. PLACER DEPOSITS ALL IN LOWER MILE OF COURSE ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH MOOSE CREEK. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER OF PLACER GROUND. 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
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.95289, 64.03018
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HIGH GRAVELS ON DIVIDES AND INTERTRIBUTARY RIDGES. SULFIDE MINERALIZATION HAS BEEN FOUND NEAR DIVIDE BETWEEN LITTLE MOOSE AND EVA CREEKS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SCHIST. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF GOLD PROBABLY MINERALIZED ZONES (SUCH AS DIVIDE BETWEEN EVA AND MOOSE CREEKS) IN SCHIST, RATHER THAN HIGH GRAVELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bonnifield

Comments on development

  • MINING REPORTED IN 1916 AND 1937; THOUGHT TO BE CARRIED ON IN OTHER YEARS AS WELL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN BASAL 2-4 FT. OF GRAVEL IN MILE OF STREAM COURSE ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH MOOSE CREEK.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 300 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-JUN-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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