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Crooked 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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10097539
MRDS ID A013426
Record type Site
Current site name Crooked Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.25289, 61.97938 (WGS84)
Relative position Placer deposits extend from mouth of Crevice Creek upstream for 7 miles (11 km) N into Iditarod quadrangle.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sleetmute D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sleetmute NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sleetmute(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kuskokwim Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.25289, 61.97938
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Gold-bearing bench gravel E of Crooked Creek is 20 ft (6 m) above present stream, 1 mi (1.6 km) wide, and 10-100 ft (3-30.5 m) deep to bedrock. Gold is reconcentrated along tributary streams flowing through benches. Only a few short, narrow paystreaks, alternating with low-grade or barren gravel, in streams. Only 1 mi (1.6 km) of placer deposit is in Sleetmute quad; the rest is in the Iditarod quadrangle.
  • Age = Tertiary/Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Aniak

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Production recorded for gulches that feed the part of Crooked Creek that lies within Iditarod quad.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = One prospect hole dug near mouth of Crevice Creek. Nature of other workings not defined.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Maddren, A.G., 1915, Gold placers of the lower Kuskokwim with a note on copper in the Russian Mountains: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622-H, p. 292-360.

  • Deposit

    Cady, W.M., Wallace, R.E., Hoare, J.M., and Webber, E.J., 1955, The central Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 268, 132 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Sleetmute quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-368, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.

  • Deposit

    Yeend, W.E., 1986, Descriptive model of Placer Au-PGE, in Cox, D.P., and Singer, D.A., eds. Mineral Deposit Models: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1693, p. 261-4.

  • Deposit

    Miller, M.L., Belkin, H.E., Blodgett, R.B., Bundtzen, T.K., Cady, J.W., Goldfarb, R.J., Gray, J.E., McGimsey, R.G., and Simpson, S.L., 1989, Pre-field study and mineral resource assessment of the Sleetmute quadrangle, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-363, 115 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountains quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.

  • Deposit

    Maddren, A.G., 1915, Gold placers of the lower Kuskokwim, with a note on copper in the Russian Mountains: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622-H, p. 292-360.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Miller and others, 1989, p. 75

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer; modern stream, bench
Deposit Other Comments = Most of Crooked Creek placer and its tributary streams are in Iditarod quadrangle. Stream gradient is less than 50 ft/mi (9.5 m/km).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUN-1994 Huber, D.F. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-JUN-1994 Niles, L.P. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-JUN-1994 Miller, M.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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