Henderson Creek

Past Producer in Yukon Territory*, Canada with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099578
MRDS ID TC41277
Record type Site
Current site name Henderson Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.26909, 63.38316 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Yukon Territory*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 725-730 (AU)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -136.26909, 63.38316

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVELS ARE ABOUT 10 FT THICK AND OVERLAIN BY 3 FT OF MUCK; GRAVELS ARE COMPOSED OF CLASTS UP TO 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER IN A BROWN SANDY TO CLAYEY MATRIX.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dawson

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Yukon Gold Placers; Territorial Gold Placer

Comments on the production information

  • AREA WAS PROSPECTED IN 1898.

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEBICKI, 1982, 1982; MCCONNELL, 1902.

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J. AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 Orris, Greta J. (Bliss, James D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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