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Bering Creek

Past Producer 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003251
MRDS ID A016072
Record type Site
Current site name Bering Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.39224, 65.08733 (WGS84)
Relative position Bering Creek is a south tributary to Eagle Creek (TE101) in the west-central Teller A-3 quadrangle. This 1.5 mile long, north-flowing stream's confluence with Eagle Creek is at about 490 feet surface elevation. The location of placer mining operations was not mapped by Sainsbury and others (1969) but Cobb and Sainsbury (1972) show two locations on this creek, locality 79 which is on the main drainage at a surface elevation of about 550 feet (0.75 miles upstream of the mouth) and locality 78 which is at the mouth. The upstream location is considered approximate. Cobb (1975) summarized relevant references under the names 'Bering Cr.' and 'Eagle 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 A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller C(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

Teller 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Bedrock in the Bering Creek drainage is a metapelitic sequence that is locally cut by metamorphosed mafic intrusive bodies (Sainsbury, 1972). The age of this sequence is uncertain but it is probably Paleozoic. Coarse, bright, unworn placer gold was handmined from this creek in the early part of the century (1902 to 1908; Cobb, 1975) and hydraulic operations took place at the mouth of the creek in 1946 (White and others, 1953). The character of the placer deposit has not been described.
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Port Clarence

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Not reported

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = Not defined

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Small scale hand mining probably predominated and was locally pursued along this short drainage early in the century (1902 to 1908). Some hydraulic operations took place at the mouth on Eagle Creek in 1946.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Alluvial Au placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAY-1998 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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