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Spring Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094089
MRDS ID A015727
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Creek
Related records 10209391

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.24331, 65.3694 (WGS84)
Relative position This placer prospect is about 3 miles above the mouth of Spring Creek, and about 1 mile below a hot spring. The site is in section 25, T. 1 S., R. 13 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. Cobb, 1972 (MF-389), location 43.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle B-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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.24331, 65.3694
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Spring Creek heads in the Late Cretaceous Granite Mountain monzonite pluton and flows across its contact with Jurassic-Cretaceous andesitic volcanic rocks. Placer gold reportedly was mined about a mile below a hot spring. Depth to bedrock at the mouth of creek is about 10 feet. Some of the bench placer ground is 12 feet deep.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Koyuk

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = In 1947 the U.S. Geological Survey sampled the placer to evaluate its radioactive mineral potential. There was little sign of active mining at that time.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Gault and others, 1953

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Deposit Other Comments = Stream gradient approximately 150 feet per mile.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JAN-00 Williams, Anita U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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