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Sunset 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101037
MRDS ID A016067
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Creek Placer
Related records 10185115

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.26671, 65.3265 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER TAILINGS ON USGS TOPO MAP; ALSO: USGS PROF. PAPER 575-D, P. D204. 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 Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result AU WORTH $17.50/OZ, (PRICE OF AU = $20.67/FINE OZ), USGS BULLETIN 263, P. 209.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -166.26671, 65.3265
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: CHLORITIC MICA-SCHIST AND GREENSTONE ; REG.COM: SMALL AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS IN BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Comments on development

  • MINING REPORTED: 1901-03, 1935, 1937-40, 1946; DREDGED: 1913-19; SCHEELITE CONC. MARKETED IN 1917.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU AND SCHEELITE IN FINE GRAVELS 2-7 FT THICK AND IN TOP 1-3 FT OF BEDROCK.
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-SEP-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald 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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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