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Dome Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Mercury
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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. Ore body information
  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 10101012
MRDS ID A015168
Record type Site
Current site name Dome Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.20825, 64.39367 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

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 B-1(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. 70. PLACER MINES MARKED ON EAGLE (B-1). COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR BENCH NORTH OF DOME CREEK, JUST WEST OF CONFLUENCE WITH LITTLE MILLER CR. 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
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Cinnabar Unknown

Analytical data

Result MEAN FINENESS OF 2 ASSAYS 885 PARTS AU AND 107 PARTS AG. SEE REF. 2, P 190.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Birch Creek Schist
    Rock description Birch Creek Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.20825, 64.39367
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 24.38M
    Width 91.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MIDDLE SECTION OF DOME CREEK HAS A LOWER GRADIENT THAN PARTS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SCHIST AND CRYSTALINE LIMESTONE CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF GOLD THOUGHT TO BE GOLD BEARING QUARTZ VEINS CUTTING SCHIST. PRESENCE OF SOME FINE GOLD THROUGHOUT GRAVEL SUGGESTS GOLD MAY HAVE TRAVELED A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE FROM ITS BEDROCK SOURCE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1893
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Fortymile

Comments on development

  • GOLD DISCOVERED IN 1893 AT MOUTH OF LITTLE MILLER CREEK. MINED MAINLY BY HYDRAULIC PLANTS AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. MINING REPORTED AS RECENTLY AS 1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD MAINLY NEAR OR ON BEDROCK BENCH, BUT SOME FINE GOLD THROUGHOUT BENCH GRAVEL, AS MUCH AS 80 FEET THICK. BENCH EXTENDS 4 MILES UPSTREAM AND AT LEAST 2 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM LITTLE MILLER CREEK; MOST OF MINING DOWNSTREAM FROM LITTLE MILLER CREEK, BECAUSE GRAVEL INCREASES IN THICKNESS UPSTREAM. BENCH ALONG NORTH WALL OF VALLEY APPROXIMATELY 1,200 FEET FROM THE CREEK AND 125 FEET VERTICALLY ABOVE. A LITTLE GOLD WAS RECOVERED FROM DOME CR. IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE MOUTH OF LITTLE MILLER CR.; ALL OTHER PRODUCTION FROM THE BENCH.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT 50 TO 100 FEET PER MILE ; 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.

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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