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Black Hills Creek

Past Producer in Canada with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065834
MRDS ID TC41265
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hills Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -138.81918, 63.39979 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Canada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 755 (AU)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -138.81918, 63.39979
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO METERS OF GRAVEL ARE OVERLAIN BY 1 M MUCK; GRAVELS ARE POORLY-SORTED; GRAVEL AND UPPER 1.2 M OF BEDROCK WERE SLUICED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Production years 1938, 1978-1982.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Territorial Gold Placers, Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERED 1898; PRODUCTION YEARS INCLUDED 1938, 1978-1982.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT, SLUICE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEBICKI, 1982, 1983; BOSTOCK, 1939.

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J. AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 Orris, Greta J. (Bliss, James D.) U.S. Geological Survey

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