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Jack Wade Creek Placer

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Mercury, Tin, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107542
MRDS ID A015163
Record type Site
Current site name Jack Wade Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.45823, 64.15309 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MILES EAST TO 17 MILES ENE OF CHICKEN

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 A-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)

Federal lands

Fortymile River WSR(Wild and Scenic River)

Wild and Scenic River BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 59. WALKER FORK TO GILLILAND CREEK. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR VILLAGE OF JACK WADE ALONG TAYLOR HIGHWAY. 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
Silver Secondary
Mercury Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINENESS INCREASES UPSTREAM.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Cassiterite Unknown
Cinnabar Unknown
Gold Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Analytical data

Result FINENESS OF 20 ASSAYS AVERAGED 830 AU AND 165 AG. GRADE: .57 GLM3 AU, .11 GLM3 AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Blue Creek Schist
    Rock description Blue Creek Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.45823, 64.15309
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 243.84M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VALLEY NARROW AND V SHAPED IN UPPER PART, BROADENS AT LOWER END AND MERGES INTO WALKER FORK VALLEY. VALLEY INCISED ABOUT 1,500 FT. BELOW PLATEAU SURFACE. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SEVERAL KINDS OF SCHIST CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS, FERRUGINOUS LIMESTONE, SMALL GRANITIC BODIES AND A FEW BODIES OF METADIORITE AND METAGABBRO. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF GOLD THOUGHT TO BE VEINS AND STRINGERS OF QUARTZ, IN PART PYRITIFEROUS, THAT CUT SCHIST AND ARE CONNECTED WITH INTRUSIVE GRANITIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer Jack Wade
Year of first production 1899

Mining district

District name Fortymile

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George F. Robinson(Slucing)
    Home office Chicken Ak, 99732
    First year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 65HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT MINING DIFFICULT DUE TO PARTIALLY FROZEN GROUND.

Comments on development

  • MINED MAINLY BY OPEN CUT AND HYDRAULIC METHODS. DREDGE OPERATED 1936-1940. SMALL SCALE DRIFT MINING. MINED IN 1975 BY SLUICING.

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 GOLD MAINLY ON BEDROCK AND IN 2-4 FOOT DEEP CREVICES IN BEDROCK; SOME GOLD IN LOWER 1.5 FT. OF GRAVEL. PAYSTREAK SAID TO EXTEND INTERMITTANTLY FROM GILLILAND CREEK TO WALKER FORK. GRAVEL 10-12 FEET THICK OVERLAIN BY AS MUCH AS 8-10 FEET OF MUCK.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT AVERAGES 70 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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