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Sulfur Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003582
MRDS ID A106340
Record type Site
Current site name Sulfur Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.8025, 57.69935 (WGS84)
Relative position This site, located east of the headwaters of Sulfur Creek, represents lode claims in T. 29 S., R. 40 W., of the Seward Meridian, indicated on U.S Bureau of Mines Maps in 1973 (Church and others, 1989, MF 1539 I, locality 7). The location of this site differs by several miles between the two references noted and it is only accurate to within 5 miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake and Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Karluk C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Karluk N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Karluk(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Egegik Bay(hydrologic unit)

Kvichak-Port Heiden(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Becharof National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.8025, 57.69935
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = No information available. Bedrock consists of sedimentary units of the Shelikof formation of Jurassic age.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Alaska Peninsula

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973, Alaska 1:250,000-scale quadrangle map overlays showing mineral deposit locations, principal minerals, and number and type of claims: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 20-73, 95 overlays (updated in 1986, 1987).

  • Deposit

    Church, S.E., Detterman, R.L., and Wilson, F.H., 1989, Mineral and energy resource assessment maps of the Ugashik, Bristol Bay, and western Karluk quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF 1539-I, 2 map sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Church and others, 1989 (MF 1539 I)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Other Comments = Site is located in Becharof Natural Wildlife Refuge.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-AUG-1998 S.H. Pilcher 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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