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Rock Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium, Gold, 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 10003184
MRDS ID A015721
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Creek
Related records 10208604

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.05331, 65.4094 (WGS84)
Relative position This placer prospect is near the intersection of Rock Creek and a tractor trail marked on the Candle B-5 map. The site is about a mile above the mouth of the creek, in section 12, T. 1 S., R. 12 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. Cobb, 1972 (MF-389), location 35.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Norton Bay(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = uranothorianite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.05331, 65.4094
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Rock Creek probably was prospected for placer gold in the early 1900s. Uranothorianite was identified in placer concentrates collected in 1947 by the U.S. Geological Survey (Gault and others, 1953).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Koyuk

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = In 1947 the U. S. Geological Survey sampled the placer to evaluate its radioactive mineral potential (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 gradient approximately 100 feet per mile.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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