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Miller

Prospect 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. Nearby scientific data
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  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003470
MRDS ID A106228
Record type Site
Current site name Miller

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.21268, 61.76956 (WGS84)
Relative position On the east side of the Little Susitna River, about 1 mile below the mouth of Fishhook Creek. Accurate within 1,500 ft. Locality 9 on plate II of Capps (1915).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Hatcher Pass Management Area-East(State Special Management Area)

State Special Management Area ST(Type of land area)

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = unidentified sulfides
  • Ore Material = unidentified sulfides

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.21268, 61.76956
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = An altered alaskite dike cuts Jurassic amphibolite and foliated quartz diorite containing local, minor quartz-feldspar gneiss. Locally this dike has been called a vein, and it was only after thin-section analysis was it discovered to be a dike. The 'ore' is white to greenish-gray in color and in places contains considerable sulfides. The dike is not well defined, and little of it is exposed (Capps, 1915).
  • Age = Jurassic or younger; dike is in Jurassic metamorphic rocks.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Willow Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Developments include two cabins and a tunnel driven 30 ft along the altered alaskite dike. Capps (1915) reports that only assessment work has been done and no value for the ore can be determined because assays are said to have given conflicting returns.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Capps, 1915

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 D.P. Bickerstaff U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 S.W. Huss 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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