| Deposit ID | 10136990 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A010288 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0021010009 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bear Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | Discovery Claim, Nos. 1-3 Above Disocovery Claim, Charles Danielson, Wilkins, Smith and Danielson, James Ryan, Peter Roeser, Harold and Judith Culver |
| Related records | 10000248 |
| Point of reference | Claim |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -161.12271, 59.41867 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 168 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)
National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)
FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seward | 009 S | 070 W | 08 | NWNWNW | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| PGE Critical | Tertiary |
| Claim (1) | -161.12271, 59.41867 |
|---|
| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| Year of first production | 1921 |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Wilderness |
|---|
| Year | 1921 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 600 Yards Processed. 58 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1922 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1,500 Yards Processed. 96 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1923 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1,000 Yards Processed. 96 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1924 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 48 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1925 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 9 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1927 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 82 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1929 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 3 Troy Ounces Silver | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1929 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 14 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1930 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 8 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1932 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 259 Yards Processed. 13 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1934 |
|---|---|
| Description | Troy Ounces Gold |
| Year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 12 Troy Ounces Silver | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 148 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0021010009 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010288 | MAS references MRDS |
B662b p. 61
B714j pp. 222-223, 226-227
B722a p. 61
B797a p. 25
B810a p. 32
B813a p. 37
B824a p. 43
B836a p. 44
B844A p. 44
B868A p. 47
MR101-1 p. 2
MR101-2 pp. 15-16
P630 pp. 89-90
OF508 p. 29
B1374 p. 48
OF77-156 p. 28
OF77-168D p. 47
OF82-719 p. 9, No. 209
B1139 p. 111
IR JCR 390701 p. 6
BMOF1-88 pp. 6-7,16-17,42-43,124-127
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-JUL-1989 | Sbh | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.