Candle Creek Ii

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Tungsten
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113023
MRDS ID A015042
MAS/MILS ID 0020740040
Record type Site
Current site name Candle Creek Ii
Alternate or previous names Candle Creek Disc. 1-18, Homestake, Lunar Fraction, Savage Assn., Nos. 5-1 Above Disc., Lower McKinnon Bench, Henry Bench, McKinnon Bench Assn., No. 5 Fraction, Red Devil Assn., No. 7 Above Creek Claim, Stanton Bench, Kerney Bench Assn., Saint Claire Fraction, No. 6 Or Mcdonald Fraction, No. 4 Bench 2nd Tier Ll, No. 6 Above Disc., Miocene, Forgotten, Kerney, Dome Nos. 2-4, Rescue Assn., Ruttle Assn., Five Above Dome, Sinclair Bench, Esselman Fraction
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Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -155.79933, 62.88585 (WGS84)
Elevation 174
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGrath D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

McGrath NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McGrath(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stony River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

MTNT, Limited(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village 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 032 N 035 W 02 SW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -155.79933, 62.88585

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUL-1995 Neb-Mirl 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.