| Deposit ID | 10097530 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A012914 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rocky Mountain Creek Placer |
| Related records | 10135733 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -165.20773, 64.76846 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | Reference Point On Stream Placer |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nome(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nome D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Nome(hydrologic unit)
Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| (1) | -165.20773, 64.76846 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Nome |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012914 |
USGS OFR 17, P. 4-6.
USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 89.
USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 32, LOC. 418.
TDM PAM 5-R, P. 40, 42.
BAG-MF-463-107
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PLACER DEPOSITS OF GOLD, SCHEELITE, AND MINOR CASSITERITE IN STREAM GRAVELS. |
| Deposit | MAY HAVE BEEN SOME SCHEELITE PRODUCED FROM THIS CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-87 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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