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Rock 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 10003095
MRDS ID A015627
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Creek Placer
Related records 10160179

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.53661, 66.99411 (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

Bettles D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bettles NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bettles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-387, LOC. 5. PLACER GROUND IN LOWER SECTION OF ROCK CR., A SOUTH FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF THE SOUTH FK. KOYUKUK RIVER. 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) -150.53661, 66.99411
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CREEK DESCENDS VERY STEEPLY INTO VALLEY OF SOUTH FORK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Koyukuk

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 35-40 FINE OZ. OF GOLD WAS RECOVERED IN EARLY 1900'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-387 (D-2), LOC. 5.

  • Deposit

    ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF MINES UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1938, P. 160-161.

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-94, P. 16..

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT OVER 300 FT. PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit GOLD IN STREAM PLACER.
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-AUG-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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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