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Mcginnis Creek Placer

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097511
MRDS ID A012020
Record type Site
Current site name Mcginnis Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Mansfield Gold Mining Co. Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.62341, 58.45197 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position E SIDE OF CREEK, ABOUT 1 1/2 MI ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH MONTANA CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynn Canal(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM DESCRIPTION IN USGS BULL 287, P. 123 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.62341, 58.45197
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: SLATE BEDROCK; NW TREND WITH 45-60 NE DIP ; REG.COM: PROBABLY LOCALLY DERIVED FROM QUARTZ VEINS IN SLATE UPSTREAM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1907

Mining district

District name Juneau

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC MINING; 12 UNPATENTED PLACER CLAIMS AND 8 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS IN AREA

Comments on development

  • MINED 1903-1905; ASSESSMENT WORK 1906-1907

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: MONTANA CREEK PLACER; MCGINNIS CR. OPERATIONS WERE PROBABLY NOT VERY PROFITABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit PLACER GOLD MINED FROM TALUS CONE IN GULCH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) 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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