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Indian Creek

Past Producer 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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097492
MRDS ID A010643
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Creek
Related records 10258760

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.61869, 60.11839 (WGS84)
Relative position Indian Creek drains into Tustumena Lake in the NW1/4 of section 2, T. 1 S., R. 8 W., of the Seward Meridian. This is Cobb's (1972, MF-377) location 6 and is accurate to within a quarter of a mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Kenai SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kenai(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic unit)

Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) None.

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) -150.61869, 60.11839
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Small amounts of gold occur in stratified glacial-fluvial gravels at the mouth of Indian Creek canyon. In 1903 an elaborate hydraulic plant was assembled at the site, but was not profitable to operate. It was subsequently abandoned (Martin and other, 1915).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Homer

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = This propsect is within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge; the area is now closed to mineral entry.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Small-scale placer mining occurred for several years prior to 1903. In 1903 an elaborate hydraulic plant was assembled at the site, but was not profitable to operate and was abandoned (Martin and others, 1915).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Martin and others, 1915

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-MAR-1999 Jeff A. Huber U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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