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Cassiterite Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Tin, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003234
MRDS ID A016051
Record type Site
Current site name Cassiterite Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Greenstone Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -167.16368, 65.47177 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIB. OF CAMP 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 B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller SE(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

  • LOWERMOST 2000 FT OF CREEK MINED 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
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Analytical data

Result 3-4 LB SN/CY, 0.6 - 0.7 LB W03/CY, USBM RI 5520, P. 13.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -167.16368, 65.47177
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Year of first production 1909
Year of last production 1951

Comments on the production information

  • WOLFRAMITE WAS NOT SAVED

Comments on development

  • MINING REPORTED: 1909, 1914, 1917-18, 1949-51

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CASSITERITE AND WOLFRAMITE IN COARSE STREAM GRAVELS, 100 FT WIDE, 4 FT DEEP, ALONG LOWERMOST 2000 FT OF CREEK; RESIDUAL PLACER ON GREENSTONE LODE.
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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