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Cleary Creek Placer

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107556
MRDS ID A015505
Record type Site
Current site name Cleary Creek Placer
Related records 10257709

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.41685, 65.08579 (WGS84)
Relative position 24-28 MILES BY ROAD NE OF FAIRBANKS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-413, LOC. 88. TAILINGS MARKED ON LIVENGOOD (A-1). COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CONFLUENCE WITH WOLF 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
Silver Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Cassiterite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.41685, 65.08579
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CREEK AND ITS MAJOR TRIBUTARIES HEAD IN MINERALIZED ZONE THAT EXTENDS FROM LAST CHANCE CR. TO FAIRBANKS CR. CREEK FLOWS IN AN ASSYMMETRICAL VALLEY, BOUNDED ON EAST BY A STEEP SLOPE AND ON THE WEST BY A 1/4 MI. OR MORE WIDE BENCH 10-15 FT. ABOVE CREEK LEVEL. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS MOSTLY QUARTZ-MICA AND QUARTZITE SCHIST. ; REG.COM: LODE SOURCE OF GOLD WAS GRANITIC INTRUSIVES AND ASSOCIATED VEIN NETWORKS BETWEEN PEDRO DOME AND WOLF CREEK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on development

  • MINING FROM 1903 TO AT LEAST 1975. MINED BY DRIFTING FROM 1903 TO AT LEAST 1924. MINED BY DREDGE FROM 1924-1941 AND 1946-63. MINED IN 1975 BY BULLDOZER. DRILLING TO ESTABLISH DREDGING GROUND, 1925.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD MAINLY IN BENCH PLACERS; SOME IN CREEK. GOLD IN BASAL 1 TO 7 FEET OF GRAVEL AND TOP 1.5 TO 4 FEET OF BEDROCK. PAY STREAK AVERAGES 5 FT. THICK AND PROBABLY AT LEAST 150 FT. WIDE. A LENS OF STIBNITE 75 FT. LONG WAS UNCOVERED DURING PLACER MINING NEAR MOUTH OF WILLOW CREEK. PRODUCTIVE GRAVELS MERGE WITH THOSE OF CHATANIKA R. BENEATH CHATANIKA FLATS. STIBNITE, SCHEELITE, AND CASSITERITE IN SUBECONOMIC QUANTITIES. ALLUVIUM 18 TO 40 FT. THICK, INCLUDING FROM 4 TO 30 FT. OF MUCK.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT FROM 75 TO 175 FT. PER MILE. MOST OF WORK DONE ON BENCH ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF CREEK. DISCOVERY CLAIM AT MOUTH OF WOLF CR. ; 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-87 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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