Henry Creek

Past Producer 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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160028
MRDS ID A012704
MAS/MILS ID 0020440054
Record type Site
Current site name Henry Creek
Alternate or previous names Glacier, Kougarok River, Whitmore, Noonan, No. 6 Bench, Gold Hill Bench, Gold Hill 6-17
Related records 10107531

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -164.8092, 65.65352 (WGS84)
Elevation 131
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 003 N 030 W 24 SENWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -164.8092, 65.65352

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK, MAINLY SCHIST, INTRUDED BY MANY GREENSTONE BODIES. REF. POINT AT CONFLUENCE OF HENRY CR. AND KOUGAROK RIVER.

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner N. B. Tweet And Sons
    ID 5000482
    Year 1985
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner S. L. Godfrey
    ID 5000482
    Year 1978

Production statistics

  • Year 1927
    Description Production Reported 9 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 279.93g
  • Year 1930
    Description 10 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 311.03g
  • Year 1930
    Description 348 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 10824.01g
  • Year 1947
    Description 2 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 62.2g
  • Year 1947
    Description 26 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 808.69g
  • Year 1952
    Description 39 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 1213.03g
  • Year 1952
    Description 36,296 Yards Processed. 404 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 12565.8g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAY-1991 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusIntermittent since 01/11/2011
MSHA mine ID5000482
Mine name (MSHA)Kougarok Dredge Pit
Current operatorN B Tweet & Sons LLC
Current controller (parent)Bruce H Tweet; Douglas B Tweet
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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