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Chistochina River, Middle Fork

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Copper, Lead, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038106
MRDS ID M045387
Record type Site
Current site name Chistochina River, Middle Fork
Alternate or previous names Bedrock Creek, Kraemer Creek, Lake Creek, Lime Creek, Limestone Creek, Alaska Middlefork Mining Co., Cleveland, Jasper, Limestone, Middlefork Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.63601, 63.13301 (WGS84)
Relative position 30 MI. EAST OF PAXON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hayes A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Hayes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(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 Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Garnet Ore
Magnetite Ore
Olivine Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.63601, 63.13301
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form GRAVEL BENCHES
    Thickness 21.34M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: AURIFEROUS GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1908, 1910, 1922, 1927, 1932 1935 TO 1938, LATE 1940'S

Mining district

District name Chistochina District

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOFFIT, 1909, P. 157 (B379)

  • Deposit

    MOFFIT, 1911, P. 126 (B480)

  • Deposit

    MOFFIT, 1912A, P. 78 (B498)

  • Deposit

    CHAPIN, 1919B, P. 137 (B692)

  • Deposit

    5) BROOKS AND CAPPS, 1924, P. 28 (B755)

  • Deposit

    6) SMITH, P. S., 1930A, P. 22 (B810)

  • Deposit

    7) SMITH, P. S., 1934A, P. 26-27 (B857-A)

  • Deposit

    8) SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 30 (B864-A)

  • Deposit

    9) MOFFIT, 1937, P. 105-106 (B880-B)

  • Deposit

    10) SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 41 (B897-A)

  • Deposit

    11) SMITH, P. S., 1939A, P. 39 (B910-A)

  • Deposit

    12) MOFFIT, 1944, P. 29, 34-40 (B943-B)

  • Deposit

    13) MOFFIT, 1954A, P. 191, 194 (B989-D)

  • Deposit

    14) ROSE, 1967A, P. 26 (GR 28)

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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