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Stonehouse Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097541
MRDS ID A015154
Record type Site
Current site name Stonehouse Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.93186, 64.11142 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.5-3 MILES NORTH OF CHICKEN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Eagle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 50. PLACER 1/4 TO 3/4 MI. UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH OF STONEHOUSE CREEK (APPROX.), A TRIBUTARY OF CHICKEN CREEK. COORDINATES FOR PLACER CENTER. 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
Mercury Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Cinnabar Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) Jg
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • STREAM VALLEY DEEPLY INCISED, NARROW, AND ASYMMETRIC, WITH A STEEP WEST WALL. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS BANDED ARGILLITE AND LAMINATED PHYLLITE CUT BY GRANULAR INTRUSIVES AND QUARTZ VEINS. BEDROCK STRIKES ABOUT NW AND DIPS MODERATELY SW. ; REG.COM: GOLD PROBABLY DERIVED FROM QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS IN PHYLLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fortymile

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTANT SMALL SCALE MINING FROM 1903 TO 1936.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST OF GOLD ON NARROW BEDROCK BENCHES ON EAST WALL OF VALLEY, AT VARYING HEIGHTS ABOVE CREEK. BENCH GRAVEL 2-8 FT. THICK.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 FEET PER MILE. LOCATION DESCRIPTION INCLUDES REFERENCES TO IRENE GULCH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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