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Spruce Creek

Prospect 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003179
MRDS ID A015714
Record type Site
Current site name Spruce Creek
Related records 10208915

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.46335, 65.6794 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is at an elevation of about 1,200 feet on Spruce Creek. The map site is near the north end of the boundary between sections 7 and 12, T. 3 N., R. 14 W., of the Kateel River Meridian.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle C-5(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Gangue = Gummite
  • Gangue = uranothorianite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.46335, 65.6794
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This prospect consists of Upper Cretaceous or Lower Tertiary granite which may contain uranium-bearing minerals. A sample of stream-gravel concentrate contained 0.033% eU (Gault and others, 1953).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairhaven

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = In 1947 the U.S. Geological Survey sampled the stream sediments to evaluate their radioactive mineral content (Gault and others, 1953).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Gault and others, 1953

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Radioactive minerals in stream sediments.
Deposit Other Comments = Stream falls approximately 400 feet in headwater mile.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JAN-00 Williams, Anita U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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