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Cape Creek Sn Placer

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Tin
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003219
MRDS ID A016030
Record type Site
Current site name Cape Creek Sn Placer
Related records 10281904

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -167.93759, 65.56731 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • MOUTH OF FIRST CHANCE CR.; PLACER TIN FROM MOUTH TO HEADWATER TRIBS. ALONG CAPE CREEK DRAINAGE (SEE SEPARATE RECORD FOR FIRST CHANCE CR.) LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1952 CHURN-DRILL DATA: MINING SECTION CONTAINED UP TO 32.75 LB SN/CY, NUMEROUS DRILL-HOLES INDICATED SN CONTENT GREATER THAN 2 LB/CY, USBM IC 7871, TABLE 8, P. 39-43.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -167.93759, 65.56731
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: LIMESTONE; SUBORDINATE SCHIST ; REG.COM: CONTACT ZONE OF CAPE MT. STOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1924

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. DATA COMBINED FOR CAPE CR. AND GOODWIN GULCH; 100 BARRELS CASSITERITE SHIPPED - 1983; ANNUAL PROD. 68,100 - 90,800 KG CASSITERITE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES EST. FOR ENTIRE CAPE MT. AREA.

Comments on the workings information

  • CAPE CR. HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY WORKED FROM MOUTH TO HEADWATER TRIBS.

Comments on development

  • SMALL-SCALE HAND MINING: 1924-1935, LARGE-SCALE MINING: 1935-41; LED TO DISCOVERY OF BURIED CHANNEL; MINING REPORTED: 1968, 1970-PRESENT; MORE THAN 500 TOWS SN PRODUCED IN LAST 10 YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CASSITERITE IN STREAM GRAVELS AND BURIED CHANNEL DEPOSIT; 35-40 FT OF OVERBURDEN ABOVE 3-6 FT OF CASSITERITE-BEARING GRAVEL ON BEDROCK.
Deposit LARGEST PRIMARY SOURCE OF TIN IN THE U.S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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