Half Dollar Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Tin, Tungsten, Uranium
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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -144.79181, 65.42254 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 007 N 014 E 23 NESENE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -144.79181, 65.42254

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1932

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • 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

Production statistics

  • Year 1932
    Description 555 Yards Processed. 70 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2177.24g
  • Year 1935
    Description 83 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2581.58g
  • Year 1945
    Description 3 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 93.31g
  • Year 1945
    Description 7 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 217.72g
  • Year 1946
    Description 295 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 9175.52g
  • Year 1946
    Description 58,000 Yards Processed. 715 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 22238.98g
  • Year 1947
    Description 236 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 7340.42g
  • Year 1947
    Description 576 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 17915.6g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB D002683

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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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