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Hunter 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. 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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107549
MRDS ID A015230
Record type Site
Current site name Hunter Creek Placer
Related records 10281895

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.05447, 65.47742 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES SSE OF RAMPART.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanana B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tanana SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tanana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Baan-o-yeel kon Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village 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-371, LOC. 51, 52. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR PLACER MINE MARKED ON TANANA (B-1). MOST CONCENTRATE SAMPLES AND MUCH OF MINING IN PART OF CREEK IN LIVENGOOD QUAD. 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
Barite Gangue
Cassiterite Gangue
Cinnabar Gangue
Galena Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Picotite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ONE ASSAY INDICATED A FINENESS OF 919 AU. GRADE: 2.6 GLM3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Rampart Group
    Rock description Rampart Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.05447, 65.47742
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • STREAM CUTS THROUGH BENCHES EAST OF MINOOK CR. AND INTO FRACTURED GREENSTONE OF PERMIAN-TRIASSIC RAMPART GROUP IN A NARROW V-SHAPED VALLEY WITH LOW GRAVEL BENCHES. OVERBURDEN THICKENS AWAY FROM CREEK. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS MAINLY FRACTURED GREENSTONE AND DIABASE. BEDROCK SURFACE UNEVEN AND CUT BY QUARTZ. CALCITE VEINS IN PLACES. BEDROCK NEAR MOUTH IS DECOMPOSED TUFF AND POORLY CONSOLIDATED SHALE AND SANDSTONE. BEDROCK NEAR HEAD (IN LIVENGOOD QUAD) IS SLATE AND QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896
Discoverer William Hunter
Year of first production 1896

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 25HA

Comments on the workings information

  • MUCK OVERBURDEN FROZEN

Comments on development

  • MINED FROM 1896 TO AT LEAST 1975 BY HYDRAULIC PLANTS AND DRIFTING. MINED BY HYDRAULIC METHODS IN 1975.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FT. PER MILE. DISCOVERY CLAIM ABOUT 8,000 FT. ABOVE MOUTH. PROSPECTORS HAVE FOUND GOLD THROUGHOUT ENTIRE LENGTH OF CREEK. DESCRIPTION IS FOR ENTIRE LENGTH OF HUNTER CR. IN TANANA QUAD. ; 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.
Deposit GOLD IN STREAM AND BENCH PLACERS IN THE BASAL PART OF GRAVEL AND THE TOP 1.5 FT. OF FRACTURED BEDROCK. GRAVEL 2-12 FEET THICK OVERLAIN BY UP TO 40 FEET OF MUCK. MOST OF GOLD HAS COME FROM TERRACE GRAVEL ON A SOUTH BENCH 15-20 FT. ABOVE CREEK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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