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Muck Creek Placer Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, Uranium, Thorium
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Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003177
MRDS ID A015712
Record type Site
Current site name Muck Creek Placer Occurrence
Related records 10209190

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.52143, 65.75357 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goodhope-Spafarief Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-389, LOC. 25. DEPOSIT IN HEADWATER SECTION OF MUCK CREEK (UNNAMED ON CANDLE (D-6)), A NORTHWARD FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF HUNTER CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Powellite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sphene Gangue
Zircon Gangue
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.52143, 65.75357
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairhaven

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 150 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-SEP-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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