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Dime Creek

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Chromium, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium, Palladium, Rhodium
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038451
MRDS ID M045825
Record type Site
Current site name Dime Creek
Alternate or previous names Haycock, Dime Creek Dredging Co., Dime Creek Mining Co., Haycock Mining Co., Moon and Ryan, Smith

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.15329, 65.20772 (WGS84)
Relative position 55 MI SE OF CANDLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Norton Bay(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Garnet Ore
Magnetite Ore
Rutile Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.15329, 65.20772
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Koyuk District

Comments on the production information

  • TENOR OF PLACERS AT DIME CREEK WAS ONE OZ PT TO 241.90 OZ AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1916A, P. 22, 70 (B642)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, S. S., 1917A, P. 27 (BMB 142)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, S. S., 1917B, P. 56 (BMB 153)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1918D, P. 21, 24 (B662)

  • Deposit

    5) MERTIE, 1918, P. 454, 458 (B662)

  • Deposit

    6) MARTIN, 1919, P. 21, 40-41 (B692)

  • Deposit

    7) HARRINGTON, 1919C, P. 380-381, 396-398 (B692)

  • Deposit

    8) MARTIN, 1920, P. 23, 52 (B712)

  • Deposit

    9) CATHCART, 1920, P. 188-189, 196 (B712)

  • Deposit

    10) BROOKS, 1921, P. 38 (B714)

  • Deposit

    11) BROOKS AND MARTIN, 1921, P. 71, 94 (B714)

  • Deposit

    12) HARRINGTON, 1921B, P. 236 (B714)

  • Deposit

    13) BROOKS, 1922, P. 23 (B722)

  • Deposit

    14) CATHCART, 1922, P. 183-184 (B722)

  • Deposit

    15) BROOKS, 1923, P. 13 (B739)

  • Deposit

    16) MERTIE, 1923, P. 158 (B739)

  • Deposit

    17) BROOKS, 1925, P. 27, 30, 50 (B773)

  • Deposit

    18) SMITH, P. S., 1926, P. 17-18, 25 (B783)

  • Deposit

    19) MOFFIT, 1927B, P. 24, 33 (B792)

  • Deposit

    20) SMITH, P. S., 1929, P. 27, 30, 39 (B797)

  • Deposit

    21) SMITH, P. S., 1930A, P. 36, 40, 52 (B810)

  • Deposit

    22) SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 41-42, 47, 59 (B813)

  • Deposit

    23) SMITH, P. S., 1932, P.

Reporter information

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

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