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Quail Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tin, Tungsten, Mercury
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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 10002975
MRDS ID A015473
Record type Site
Current site name Quail Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.75306, 65.36075 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Livengood S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(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-413, LOC. 60. PLACER MINE MARKED ON LIVENGOOD (B-6) NEAR CONFLUENCE WITH TROUBLESOME CR.; ABOUT 4 MILES ENE OF WOLVERINE MTN. 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 Secondary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Barite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Picotite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Zircon Gangue
Cassiterite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.75306, 65.36075
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SLATY SHALE, GRAYWACKE, PHYLLITE, AND QUARTZITE CUT BY NUMEROUS FELSIC DIKES AND QUARTZ VEINLETS. ; REG.COM: LODE SOURCE OF GOLD PROBABLY IN BORDER ZONE AROUND QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIVES OF WOLVERINE MTN. AND OTHER SIMILAR STOCKS AND FELSIC DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Year of first production 1898

Mining district

District name Rampart

Comments on development

  • BENCH AND/OR CREEK PLACERS MINED SPORADICALLY FROM 1898 TO AS RECENTLY AS 1940. MINED BY AUTOMATIC DAM AND SLUICE BOXES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST OF GOLD IN BENCH PLACER IN LOWER MILE OF CREEK; WELL-DEFINED WORKABLE BENCH 150 FT. ABOVE CREEK ON THE NORTH SIDE. ABOVE THIS BENCH, AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 400 FT. ABOVE THE CREEK, AN OLD CHANNEL ON THE SPUR BETWEEN THE MAIN BRANCH AND THE SOUTH FORK OF QUAIL CREEK SHOWS COLORS. SOME GOLD ALSO IN STREAM PLACER; PAYSTREAK SAID TO BE ABOUT 300 FT. WIDE AND GRAVEL ABOUT 5 FEET THICK. DIKES CUTTING BEDROCK CARRY SULFIDES. SOME OF GOLD IN CREEK MAY HAVE BEEN RECONCENTRATED FROM BENCH PLACER.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FT. PER MILE. DISCOVERS OF GOLD WANTED TO CALL STREAM "PTARMIGAN" CR., BUT COULDN'T SPELL IT AND SETTLED FOR "QUAIL". ; 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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