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Timber Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Barium-Barite
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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 10003039
MRDS ID A015561
Record type Site
Current site name Timber Creek Placer
Related records 10257666

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.59472, 64.05226 (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. 35. MINING AT AND JUST BELOW MOUTH OF FLAT CREEK. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CONFLUENCE OF FLAT AND TIMBER CREEKS. 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
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.59472, 64.05226
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • POSSIBLY A NORTHEAST-TRENDING MINERALIZED ZONE IS CUT AT FLAT CREEK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Ruby

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTANT MINING FROM 1916 TO 1939.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT UNDER 50 FEET PER MILE. AREA TO WEST AND SOUTHWEST MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY PROSPECTED. GOLD REPORTED TO BE ABSENT ON GENTIAN CR., THE NEXT CREEK TO THE SOUTH. ; 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.
Deposit PLACER GOLD RECOVERED AT AND JUST BELOW MOUTH OF FLAT CREEK; DOWNSTREAM EXTENT OF PLACER GROUND UNKNOWN; NO WORKABLE GOLD DEPOSITS UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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