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Gold Run Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, PGE, Mercury, Tungsten
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003252
MRDS ID A016073
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Run Creek Placer
Related records 10232851

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.20556, 65.07178 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIB. OF BLUESTONE RIVER.

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 UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX. MIDPOINT OF PLACER TAILINGS EXTENDING FROM A POINT ON GOLD RUN CR. ABOUT 2000 FT UPSTREAM OF BULL PUP CR. TO A POINT ON BLUESTONE R. ABOUT 2000 FT DOWNSTREAM OF MOUTH OF GOLD RUN CR., USGS OFR 75-349, PL. 1. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result BENCH AU WORTH $18.35/OZ, CREEK AU WORTH $18.55/OZ, PRICE OF AU = $20.67/FINE OZ, USGS BULLETIN 263, P. 209.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -166.20556, 65.07178
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Conc: Cinnabar, Pgm, Scheelite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREENSTONE AND GRANITIC BOULDERS IN GRAVEL. ; MAJOR.UNITS: CHLORITIC, MICACEOUS, AND GRAPHITIC SCHISTS, LIMESTONE, SLATE; GREENSTONE SILLS; NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1946

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PROSPECT SHAFT ON A BENCH HIT BEDROCK AT 115 FT.

Comments on development

  • MINED MOST YEARS: 1900-1946; DREDGED: 1935-40.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN STREAM, BENCH, AND OLD CHANNEL GRAVELS; DREDGED FOR ABOUT 4 MILES; AU CONCENTRATED ON BEDROCK; CONCENTRATES CONTAIN CINNABAR, SCHEELITE AND PLATINUM GROUP METALS.
Deposit GRADIENT LESS THAN 20 FT/MI. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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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