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Spruce Creek Placer

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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107513
MRDS ID A011276
Record type Site
Current site name Spruce Creek Placer
Related records 10258425

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.67982, 63.52457 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denali C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
015S;016S 016W;016W 32;4,5,9,16,17 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • PLACERING EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MI UPSTREAM FROM LOCATION GIVEN; MOST ACTIVE AREA IS ABOUT 2.5 MI ABOVE THE MOUTH OF THE 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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME GOLD WITH ATTACHED QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.67982, 63.52457
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M
    Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: QUARTZITIC SCHIST, CARBONCEOUS SCHIST, GREEN SCHIST. QUARTZITIC SCHIST, GREEN SCHIST, CARBONACEOUS SCHIST, CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE AND VEIN QUARTZ GRAVELS ; REG.COM: KANTISHNA LODE DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • MINED AS RECENTLY AS 1975; TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY LESS THAN 1000 OZ AU

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27

Comments on development

  • IN 1975, W. COPLEY AND ASSOCIATES PROCESSED SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CY OF MATERIAL USING BULLDOZER, FRONT END LOADER AND A SLUICE; WATER FED INTO SLUICE AT 2000 LB/SQ IN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit PAYSTREAK ABOUT 12 FT WIDE, 3 FT DEEP; GOLD IS ON OR IN TOP 2 FT OF BEDROCK
Deposit MINING OR PROSPECTING REPORTED IN 1934 ON NEIGHBORING WILLOW CR.; NO DATA ON PRODUCTION OR DEPOSIT; GRADE AT UPPER PART OF SPRUCE CREED: 3 FT/MI ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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