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Metal Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Tungsten
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038081
MRDS ID M045358
Record type Site
Current site name Metal Creek
Alternate or previous names Sumner and Andrulli
Related records 10136723

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.43597, 61.51624 (WGS84)
Relative position 22 MI WEST OF PALMER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Matanuska(hydrologic unit)

Knik Arm(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.43597, 61.51624
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Anchorage District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAIGE AND KNOPF, 1907A, P. 118 (B314)

  • Deposit

    PAIGE AND KNOPF, 1907B, P. 67 (B327)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1910, P. 42 (B442)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1911A, P. 165 (P70)

  • Deposit

    5) BROOKS, 1923, P. 32 (B739)

  • Deposit

    6) SMITH, P. S., 1926, P. 25 (B783)

  • Deposit

    7) SMITH, P. S., 1929, P. 40 (B797)

  • Deposit

    8) SMITH, P. S., 1930A, P. 53 (B810)

  • Deposit

    9) SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 60 (B813)

  • Deposit

    10) SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 84 (B897-A)

  • Deposit

    11) RICHTER, 1967A, P. 2, 8-10, 15-16 (GR25)

  • Deposit

    12) COBB, 1972, P. 10-11 (OF508)

  • Deposit

    13) COBB, 1972 (MF409)

  • Production

    BROOKS 1922

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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