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Bear Creek

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Tin
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038102
MRDS ID M045382
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Creek
Alternate or previous names Hogatza

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.72831, 66.19121 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MILES NORTH OF HOG LANDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hughes A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Hughes S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hughes(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 Secondary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.72831, 66.19121
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 6437.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1921 TO PRESENT

Mining district

District name Hughes District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • BEAR CREEK DREDGE ONLY ONE IN HUGHES DISTRICT STILL OPERATING IN 1969

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 6437.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1923, P. 41 (B739)

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1965, P. A102 (P525)

  • Deposit

    PATTON AND MILLER, T.P. 1966 (I-459)

  • Deposit

    MILLER, T. P. AND FERRIANS, 1968, P. 9 (C570)

  • Deposit

    5) COBB, 1972, P. 78-79 (OF 508)

  • Deposit

    6) COBB, 1972 (MF 458)

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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