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Clara Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium, Palladium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038096
MRDS ID M045374
Record type Site
Current site name Clara Creek
Alternate or previous names Clara Creek Mining Co., Garthe, Haroldson and Wicklund, Olson & Associates, Sampson and Garthe, Thorson, Thorson and Olson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.71101, 58.95758 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES SOUTH OF PLATINUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hagemeister Island D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Hagemeister Strait(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hagemeister Island(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Ruthenium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result PT= 82.25%, IR= 5.37%, OS= .54%, RU= .28%, RH= 1.45%, PD= .14%, MERTIE 1969, = % OF PT METALS SHOWING DROSS

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.71101, 58.95758
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M
    Length 2413.95M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: DUNITE, SERPENTINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1936-1940

Comments on the production information

  • ONE PT NUGGET TO TWO OZS RECOVERED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 2413.95M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1930, P. 37-38, 60 (B810)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1932, P. 66 (B824)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1933A, P. 68 (B836)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1933B, P. 66 (B844-A)

  • Deposit

    5) SMITH, P. S., 1934A, P. 62 (B857-A)

  • Deposit

    6) SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 67 (B864-A)

  • Deposit

    7) SMITH, P. S., 1936, P. 70 (B868-A)

  • Deposit

    8) SMITH, P. S., 1937, P. 73 (B880-A)

  • Deposit

    9) SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 83 (B897-A)

  • Deposit

    10) MERTIE, 1939, P. 128-131 (B910-B)

  • Deposit

    11) SMITH, P. S., 1939B, P. 82-83 (B917-A)

  • Deposit

    12) MERTIE, 1940, P. 57-59, 67-70 (B918)

  • Deposit

    13) SMITH, P. S., 1941, P. 76-77 (B926-A)

  • Deposit

    14) SMITH, P. S., 1942B, P. 73-74 (B933-A)

  • Deposit

    15) MERTIE, 1969, P. 77, 85-86 (P630)

  • Deposit

    16) COBB, 1972 P. 29 (OF 508)

  • Deposit

    17) COBB, 1972 (MF 362)

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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