Loco Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112387
MAS/MILS ID 0020910010
Record type Site
Current site name Loco Creek
Alternate or previous names Nos. 3-4 On Loco Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -159.5528, 60.72433 (WGS84)
Elevation 747
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Bethel NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bethel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 007 N 059 W 01 W2NWSE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -159.5528, 60.72433

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Schaefer Estate
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 091-009

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 380901 p. 6

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 390701 p. 5

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 400819 p. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 CLAIMS STAKED 1940 BY DAVIDSON & JENSEN. NO WORK RECORDED. OPTIONED BY PECK AND RICE IN 1940. 5 CLAIMS STAKED BY SCHAEFER & HOUSE 1953. ACTIVE 1977. BEDROCK IN AREA IS MAINLY GRAYWACKE AND OTHER CLASTIC ROCKS OF CRETACEOUS KUSKOKWIM GROUP AND SMALL TERTIARY ALBITE RHYOLITE INTRUSIVE BODIES. VALLEY HEADS IN HORNFEL ZONE OF THE CRIPPLE MOUNTAINS (HOARE AND COONRAD) REFERENCE POINT AT CONFLUENCE OF CRIPPLE AND LOCO CREEKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUN-85 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.