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Timber Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. 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 10184566
MRDS ID A015611
MAS/MILS ID 0020270011
Record type Site
Current site name Timber Creek
Alternate or previous names Timber Creek Nos. 13-35, Wise Cr. Branch of Timber Cr. 1-6, Airport Bench On Timber Nos. 12-13, Timber Creek Nos. 14-34, Wise Creek 1-8, Homestake Creek, Timber Creek Nos. 7-11, Weise 7-12
Related records 10003082

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -160.40777, 67.36337 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baird Mountains B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Baird Mountains S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baird Mountains C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kobuk River(hydrologic unit)

Kobuk-Selawik Rivers(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 023 N 008 W 27 SENESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -160.40777, 67.36337
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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 1921

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Timber Creek Mining
    Year 1986

Production statistics

  • Year 1921
    Description 50 Yards Processed. 6 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 186.62g
  • Year 1922
    Description 9 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 279.93g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUN-1988 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

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