Maisy May Creek Placer

Past Producer in Yukon Territory*, Canada with commodity Gold
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099580
MRDS ID TC41286
Record type Site
Current site name Maisy May Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -135.508, 63.63193 (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

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -135.508, 63.63193

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Queenstake Resources Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1980-82, 180,000 CY WERE PLACERED THAT HAD A GRADE OF 0.016 OZ AU/CY; EVALUATION OF POSSIBLE RESERVES WAS PLANNED FOR 1984; SIZE ESTIMATE IS PRODUCTION ONLY.

Comments on the workings information

  • SLUICE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINER, 1984.

  • 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.