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Lynx Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10101032
MRDS ID A015602
Record type Site
Current site name Lynx Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.67844, 66.97732 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shungnak D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Shungnak NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shungnak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kobuk River(hydrologic unit)

Kobuk-Selawik Rivers(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NANA Regional Corporation, Incorporated(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-448, LOC. 15. PLACER GROUND THOUGHT TO BE IN MID SECTION OF CREEK. 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -156.67844, 66.97732
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IN UPPER PART OF VALLEY IS MICA SCHIST; GRANITE GNEISS FARTHER DOWNSTREAM. BEDROCK DECOMPOSED AND CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS. ; REG.COM: GOLD DERIVED FROM QUARTZ VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912

Comments on development

  • SMALL-SCALE MINING 1912-40 OR LATER; WORKED BY GROUND SLUICING OVERBURDEN AND SHOVELING IN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-448 (D-2), LOC. 15.

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 75-267, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    ALASKA DIV. OF MINES GR 37, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    ALASKA DIV. OF MINES GR 39, P. 57.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD AT BASE OF THIN VENEER OF GRAVEL, ON BEDROCK, AND CREVICES IN UPPER PART OF RIFFLED BEDROCK; 1-2 FT. OF DECOMPOSED BEDROCK TAKEN UP IN MINING.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 300-500 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-JUL-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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