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Davis 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003096
MRDS ID A015628
Record type Site
Current site name Davis Creek Placer
Related records 10160453

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.46856, 66.99356 (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-1(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. 6. PLACER GROUND IN LOWER SECTION OF DAVIS CREEK, A NEW FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF SOUTH FORK 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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.46856, 66.99356
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARS AT MOUTH USUALLY DRY, AS STREAM SINKS INTO UNFROZEN GRAVELS, BUT THERE IS A GOOD FLOW OF WATER ABOVE ITS MOUTH, WHERE STREAM HAS CUT INTO THICK DEPOSITS OF WASHED GRAVEL.

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

  • GOLD PRODUCTION, 1900-09, ABOUT 240 FINE OZ.

Comments on development

  • SPORADIC SMALL-SCALE MINING, 1900-09. ONE OF FIRST KNOWN PLACER GOLD STREAMS IN VALLEY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOVE MOUTH CREEK CUTS INTO THICK GRAVEL DEPOSIT THAT CONTAINS A LITTLE GOLD.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATLEY 300 FT. PER MILE FOR LOWER MILE 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-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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