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Glacier Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tin, Bismuth
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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. Workings at the site
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003012
MRDS ID A015525
Record type Site
Current site name Glacier Creek Placer
Related records 10185142

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.45034, 64.70089 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES SSE OF RUBY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruby C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ruby N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ruby(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Dineega Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-405, LOC. 3. PLACER GROUND APPROXIMATELY MIDWAY BETWEEN HEAD AND MOUTH OF GLACIER CR. 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 Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GRADE: 2.8 GLM3 AU
Result BISMUTH MADE UP 29% OF ONE SAMPLE OF SLUICE BOX CONCENTRATE
Result SN O2 GRADE UNKNOWN. GOLD SHOWED $1.25-$1.50 PER FT2 (AU AT $104.70 OZ.).

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.45034, 64.70089
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SLATY SCHIST WITH ABUNDANT CRYSTALINE LIMESTONE; DOLOMITE AT HEAD. ; REG.COM: LODE SOURCE OF GOLD AND CASSITERITE PROBABLY SAME AS THAT FOR PLACERS OF BIG CR. AND COX GULCH. SOURCE ALSO SAID TO BE QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.8HA

Comments on development

  • MINING METHODS UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-405 (C-5), LOC. 3

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 239, P. 37

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 85-213, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 85, LOC. 23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD RECOVERED 1.5-2 MI. DOWNSTREAM FROM A PAYSTREAK ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 10 FT. WIDE AND 2 FT. THICK IN A BENCH ON THE EAST SIDE OF CREEK; GROUND 30-45 FT. DEEP. GRAVELS CONTAIN CASSITERITE AND BISMUTH. ONE MINER REPORTED THE RECOVERY OF 150 LBS. OF CASSITERITE CONCENTRATE FROM WORKINGS 1.5 MI ABOVE THE MOUTH OF CREEK. BISMUTH FOUND IN MINING AT HEAD OF CREEK; NEAR THE HEAD OF CREEK GROUND ABOUT 70 FT. DEEP.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 150 FT. PER MILE IN MIDDLE SECTION OF CREEK. ; 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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