Traverse Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Mineral occurrence model information
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10003679
MRDS ID	A106449
Record type	Site
Current site name	Traverse Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-144.71485, 65.38946 (WGS84)
Relative position	SEE LOCATION COMMENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Circle B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

THE LOCATION IS THE JUNCTION OF TRAVERSE CREEK AND HARRISON CREEK, NW1/4 SW1/4 SEC. 32, T. 7 N., R. 15 E.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1)	PzPxyqs	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS

General form	SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Circle

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A106449
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	CI059

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Yeend, W. E., 1991, Gold placers of the Circle district, Alaska - past, present, and future: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1943, 42 p.
Deposit

Wiltse, M. A., Reger, R. D., Newberry, R. J, Pessel, G. H., Pinney, D. S., Robinson, M. S., and Solie, D. N., 1995, Bedrock geologic map of the Circle mining district, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 95-2b, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Deposit

Lampright, R. L., 1996, Gold placer deposits near Fairbanks Alaska: Iron Fire Publications, Nederland, Colorado, 135 p.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	BEDROCK UNDERLYING TRAVERSE CREEK IS THE LOWER SCHIST UNIT DESCRIBED BY WILTSE AND OTHERS (1995) AS A SLIGHTLY CALCAREOUS QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE SCHIST, PORPHYROBLASTIC-ALBITE-QUARTZ-CHLORITE-MUSCOVITE SCHIST, AND LESSER AMOUNTS OF QUARTZOSE PORPHYROBLASTIC-ALBITE-CHLORITE SCHIST. GOLD CAN BE PANNED FROM THE GRAVEL IN TRAVERSE CREEK, BUT THE DRAINAGE HAS A STEEP GRADIENT AND CONTAINS LITTLE GRAVEL (YEEND, 1991).

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

BEDROCK UNDERLYING TRAVERSE CREEK IS THE LOWER SCHIST UNIT DESCRIBED BY WILTSE AND OTHERS (1995) AS A SLIGHTLY CALCAREOUS QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE SCHIST, PORPHYROBLASTIC-ALBITE-QUARTZ-CHLORITE-MUSCOVITE SCHIST, AND LESSER AMOUNTS OF QUARTZOSE PORPHYROBLASTIC-ALBITE-CHLORITE SCHIST. GOLD CAN BE PANNED FROM THE GRAVEL IN TRAVERSE CREEK, BUT THE DRAINAGE HAS A STEEP GRADIENT AND CONTAINS LITTLE GRAVEL (YEEND, 1991).

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-SEP-1998	C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer, A.S. Clements	Avalon Development Corporation

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