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First Chance Creek Placer

Past 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 10003220
MRDS ID A016031
Record type Site
Current site name First Chance Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -167.94982, 65.56953 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIB. OF CAPE CR.

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)

Federal lands

Wales Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • UPSTREAM LIMIT OF PLACER TIN; ABOUT 2000 FT ABOVE MOUTH OF GULCH. 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 MAX. SN CONTENT: 2.7 LB SN/CY OF MINING SECTION, USBM IC 7878, P. 44.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -167.94982, 65.56953
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • EXTENT OF MINING NOT KNOWN; PROD. PROBABLY CREDITED TO CAPE CR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CASSITERITE IN STREAM GRAVEL; GRADE OF PLACER DROPS TO TRACE SN ABOUT 1500-2000 FT ABOVE MOUTH; SN DERIVED FROM CONTACT ZONES OF FELSIC DIKES; SN AND CLAY MINERALS IN DIKE WALLS AND CASSITERITE IN DETRITAL COVER.
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 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald 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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