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Gold Creek Placer

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137105
MRDS ID A003481
MAS/MILS ID 0020760008
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Stanley, Kirk, Vourns, George, Iron Cr, Copper Queen 1-2, Standberg & Sons, Copper Wonder, Livingston, Harold

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -149.13603, 62.32737 (WGS84)
Elevation 910
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna Mountains B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Talkeetna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 026 N 002 E 20 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -149.13603, 62.32737
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1909

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-SEP-1992 Jmk 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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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