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Virginia Creek Discovery

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160425
MAS/MILS ID 0020440138
Record type Site
Current site name Virginia Creek Discovery
Alternate or previous names Trib. Minnehaha Creek, Virginia Creek Discovery 1-2 Bel, Virginia Creek Discovery 1-2 West, Virginia Creek Discovery 1-4 East

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -162.02701, 65.99799 (WGS84)
Elevation 27
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goodhope-Spafarief Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(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 007 N 016 W 22 NWSWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Qs
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights State Lease
Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Garland Achman
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gene Sikora
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JUL-1988 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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