| Deposit ID | 10160069 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A012235 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0020500064 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Half Dollar Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | C & W Claim, Red Fox 2-5 |
| Related records | 10001489 |
| Point of reference | Claim |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -144.79181, 65.42254 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 579 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Circle B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Circle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Circle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks | 007 N | 014 E | 23 | NESENE | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Claim (1) | -144.79181, 65.42254 |
|---|
| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1932 |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Harold L. Wheelock/Jim A. Grubb |
| Home office | Alaska |
| Year | 1985 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Harold L. Wheelock |
| Home office | Alaska |
| Year | 1985 |
| Year | 1932 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 555 Yards Processed. 70 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1935 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 83 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1945 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 3 Troy Ounces Silver | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1945 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 7 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1946 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 295 Troy Ounces Silver | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1946 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 58,000 Yards Processed. 715 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1947 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 236 Troy Ounces Silver | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1947 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 576 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0020500064 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012235 | MAS references MRDS |
B480j p. 164
B520n p. 245
B542j p. 213
B592d p. 68
B592r p. 360
B622c p. 61
B880A p. 43
B917A p. 48
B926A p. 44
B933A p. 41
TDM2 pp. 19-20
RI4174 p. 27
C348 pp. 12-14
B1374 p. 122
OF76-633 p. 29
AK MINE LICENSE-1985
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | USGS CRIB D002683 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 02-MAY-1991 | 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.