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Limestone Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Platinum, Nickel, Silver
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038083
MRDS ID M045360
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Creek
Related records 10281586

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.38666, 67.59971 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MI WEST OF CHANDALAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chandalar C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Chandalar N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chandalar(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.38666, 67.59971
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chandalar District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1903A, P. 48 (B213)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1905, P. 29 (B259)

  • Deposit

    PRINDLE, 1906A, P. 126 (B284)

  • Deposit

    PRINDLE, 1906B, P. 23 (B295)

  • Deposit

    5) BROOKS, 1907C, P. 188, 200 (B314)

  • Deposit

    6) BROOKS, 1908B, P. 50 (B345)

  • Deposit

    7) ELLSWORTH AND PARKER, 1911, P. 172 (B480)

  • Deposit

    8) PRINDLE AND MERTIE, 1912, P. 201, 206-208 (B520)

  • Deposit

    9) PRINDLE, 1913, P. 77-79 (B538)

  • Deposit

    10) ELLSWORTH AND DAVENPORT, 1913, P. 213 (B542)

  • Deposit

    11) CHAPIN, 1914B, P. 360 (B592)

  • Deposit

    12) BROOKS, 1918, P. 56 (B662)

  • Deposit

    13) SMITH, P.S., 1926, P. 14 (B783)

  • Deposit

    14) SMITH, P. S., 1929, P. 23 (B797)

  • Deposit

    15) SMITH, P. S., 1930A, P. 29 (B810)

  • Deposit

    16) SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 34 (B813)

  • Deposit

    17) MERTIE, 1930B, P. 164-165 (B816)

  • Deposit

    18) SMITH, P. S., 1932, P. 39 (B824)

  • Deposit

    19) SMITH, P. S., 1933A, P. 38 (B836)

  • Deposit

    20) SMITH, P. S., 1933B, P. 40 (B844-A)

  • Deposit

    21) SMITH, P. S., 1934A, P. 38 (B857-A)

  • Deposit

    22) SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 42 (B864-A)

  • Deposit

    23) SMITH, P. S., 1936, P. 44 (B868-A)

  • Deposit

    24) SMITH, P. S., 1937, P. 47 (B880-A)

  • Deposit

    25) SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 55 (B897-A)

  • Deposit

    26) MERTIE, 1938A, P. 201-204 (B897-C)

  • Deposit

    27) SMITH, P. S., 1939A, P. 57 (B910-A)

  • Deposit

    28) SMITH, P. S., 1939B, P. 56 (B917-A)

  • Deposit

    29) SMITH, P. S., 1941, P. 54 (B926-A)

  • Deposit

    30) MERTIE, 1942, P. 246-250, 254, 257-259 (B917-D)

  • Deposit

    31) SMITH, P. S., 1942B, P. 49 (B933-A)

  • Deposit

    32) KOSCHMANN AND BERGENDAHL, 1968, P. 26 (P610)

  • Deposit

    33) MERTIE, 1969, P. 90 (P630)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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