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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003036
MRDS ID A015556
Record type Site
Current site name Tenderfoot Creek Placer
Related records 10233172

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.53639, 64.10505 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(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

Ruby A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ruby S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ruby(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-405, LOC. 30. PLACER GROUND ABOUT HALF A MILE ABOVE MOUTH. 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) -155.53639, 64.10505
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SIMILAR SETTING TO DEPOSITS ON POORMAN AND DUNCAN CREEKS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK NEAR MOUTH IS PHYLLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913

Mining district

District name Ruby

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS SUNK TO BEDROCK FOR DRIFT MINING.

Comments on development

  • PLACER GROUND DISCOVERED, 1913. DRIFT MINING ABOUT HALF A MILE ABOVE MOUTH FROM 1913 TO PROBABLY ABOUT 1930'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN STRATUM OF GRAVEL 3-6 FT. THICK ON BEDROCK AT DEPTH OF 53-65 FT.; OVERBURDEN CHIEFLY MUCK. HARD TO DISTINGUISH GRAVELS OF TENDERFOOT CR. FROM RIGHT-LIMIT GRAVELS OF POORMAN CR.; MINING MAY HAVE BEEN IN GRAVELS OF POORMAN CR. WHERE CUT BY TENDERFOOT CR.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET 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

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