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Cascade Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112639
MRDS ID A001212
MAS/MILS ID 0021010006
Record type Site
Current site name Cascade Creek
Alternate or previous names Slim Smith, Edward Smith

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -161.23881, 59.32707 (WGS84)
Elevation 86
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodnews Bay B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Calista Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 010 S 071 W 04 C Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -161.23881, 59.32707
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Width 137M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Date of Last Modification 890725

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1939

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the ownership information

  • Previous owner: Bristol Bay Mining Co., 1939

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Description Silver Production 1202 Ounces
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 38010g/mt
  • Year 1940
    Description Gold Production 5218 Ounces
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 165000g/mt
  • Year 1941
    Description Gold Production 4066 Ounces
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 128500g/mt
  • Year 1941
    Description Silver Production 1097 Ounces
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 34690g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A001217

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1989 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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