California Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038088
MRDS ID M045365
Record type Site
Current site name California Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.7196, 64.49963 (WGS84)
Relative position 38 MI SOUTH OF NENANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbanks B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Fairbanks S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.7196, 64.49963

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1903-1960

Mining district

District name Bonnifield District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAPPS, 1911, P. 224 (B480)

  • Deposit

    CAPPS, 1912A, P. 44, 46 (B501)

  • Deposit

    MADDREN, 1918, P. 380, 383 (B662)

  • Deposit

    JOESTING, 1942, P. 20, 27 (TDM 1)

  • Deposit

    5) MALONE, 1965, P. 54 (IC 8252)

  • Deposit

    6) COBB, 1972 (MF 410)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.