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Big Hurrah Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100973
MRDS ID A012597
Record type Site
Current site name Big Hurrah Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.26994, 64.65209 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position TRIB. OF SOLOMON RIVER., Reference Point In Placered Area, Reference Point In Placered Area, Reference Point In Placered Area, Reference Point In Placered Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solomon C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Solomon Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN FOR MOUTH OF LINDA VISTA CREEK; DREDGE TAILINGS EXTEND FOR 1.5 MILE UPSTREAM AND 1.5 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM POINT GIVEN. 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
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Scheelite Unknown

Analytical data

Result AU WORTH $18.39 /OZ (PRICE OF AU = $20.67/FINE OZ), USGS BULL. 263, P. 209
Result 1/4 YARD OF CONC. ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 10.5 OZ AU AND 0.87 LB SCHEELITE
Result SCHEELITE CONTENT OF GRAVEL AND OLD TAILINGS IS PROBABLY MUCH LESS THAN 0.1 LB/CY, USGS OFR 4, P. 3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -164.26994, 64.65209
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COARSE ANGULAR SCHIST AND WELL-ROUNDED GREENSTONE GRAVELS WITH FINER MICA-SCHIST AND QUARTZ PEBBLES. ; MAJOR.UNITS: SCHIST AND MARBLE ; REG.COM: BOTH PRIMARY LODE SOURCES AND RECONCENTRATIONS OF BENCH DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1943

Comments on the production information

  • $120,606 IN AU MINED: 1912, 1916-24, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939-41, ADGGS GR 33, P. 5.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED BY SMALL SCALE METHODS, HYDRAULIC OPERATIONS - 1903, 1907-08, 1918, AND BY DREDGING - 1911, 1918-26.

Comments on development

  • MINING 1900-1943; MOST MINING ACTIVITY WAS BEFORE 1907; DREDGE OPERATED IN 1911 AND 1918-1926.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT IN LOWER 5 MI: 50 FT/MI; SEE ALSO: BIG HURRAH MINE; BIG HURRAH CREEK HAD RICHEST GRAVELS IN DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY DOWNSTREAM FROM B. HURRAH LODE. ; 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.
Deposit STREAM GRAVELS NEAR MOUTH: 3-5 FT DEEP, 100-500 FT WIDE; AT MOUTH OF LION'S CR.: 2-3 FT DEEP, 10-20 FT WIDE; BENCH GRAVELS 10-30 FT ABOVE PRESENT CREEK ALSO AURIFEROUS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-87 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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