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Vault Creek Placer

Past 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002991
MRDS ID A015496
Record type Site
Current site name Vault Creek Placer
Related records 10258040

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.71824, 65.03911 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(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. 79, 80. BENCH PROSPECTS MARKED ALONG EAST SIDE OF VAULT CREEK. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER OF UPPER PROSPECT GROUP MARKED ON LIVENGOOD (A-2) ABOUT ONE MILE NNW OF ABANDONED TOWN OF VAULT. 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) Qs
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE EAST WALL OF THE VALLEY RISES BY A GENTLE SLOPE; THE WEST WALL IS MORE ABRUPT. ON CREEK BED ALLUVIUM SAID TO BE NOT MORE THAN 50 FT. DEEP; ALLUVIUM UP TO 200 FT. THICK ON TALUS SLOPE. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK PROBABLY ALL SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS SUNK TO BEDROCK FOR DRIFT MINING. ALLUVIUM FROZEN.

Comments on development

  • MINING FROM 1906 TO AS RECENTLY AS 1940. MOST OF MINING BEFORE WWII WAS DRIFT MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER GOLD FOR 6 MILES ABOVE MOUTH. PLACERS UP TO ABOUT 200 FT. DEEP. NEAR MOUTH IN CHATANIKA FLATS ALLUVIUM IS 319 FT. THICK; GOLD ON FALSE BEDROCK AT 160 FT. UPSTREAM DEPTH TO BEDROCK VERY VARIABLE; 50 TO AS MUCH AS 200 FT. PAY STREAK IS 100 OR MORE FT. WIDE AND 3-6 FT. THICK.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 50 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-JUL-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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