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Lake Creek

Past Producer in Yukon Territory*, 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. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065846
MRDS ID TC41280
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.3522, 61.36648 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Yukon Territory*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 895 (AU)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.3522, 61.36648
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • EARLY PRODUCTION WAS LARGELY COARSE GOLD AND NUGGETS, NO FINES; PAY HORIZON IS A RUSTY GRAVEL 6-8 FT THICK WITH GOLD THROUGHOUT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Livingstone

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner G. Asuchak

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERED 1930; PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY TO AT LEAST 1982; 1970 CM GRAVEL WERE SLUICED IN 1980.

Comments on the workings information

  • SLUICE, OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COCKFIELD, 1931; BOSTOCK, 1932, 1933; DEBICKI, 1982, 1983.

  • 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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