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Iron Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Mercury
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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. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184710
MRDS ID A003292
MAS/MILS ID 0020530111
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Creek
Alternate or previous names Telegram Creek, Telegraph Creek, Tolbert Scott, Stanley Horton, No. 4 Above Discovery, No. 10 Below, Dome Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -164.66221, 64.95431 (WGS84)
Elevation 94
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solomon D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon(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 006 S 030 W 24 W2E2W2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -164.66221, 64.95431
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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
Year of first production 1917

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Description 500 Yards Processed. 23 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 715.38g
  • Year 1917
    Description 2 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 62.2g
  • Year 1921
    Description 1,200 Yards Processed. 116 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3608g
  • Year 1922
    Description 10,082 Yards Processed. 222 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 6904.97g
  • Year 1923
    Description 1,000 Yards Processed. 111 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3452.48g
  • Year 1927
    Description 1,975 Yards Processed. 57 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1772.89g
  • Year 1928
    Description 9,482 Yards Processed. 91 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2830.41g
  • Year 1935
    Description 65 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2021.72g
  • Year 1936
    Description 38 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1181.93g
  • Year 1939
    Description 188 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 5847.45g
  • Year 1939
    Description 20 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 622.06g
  • Year 1941
    Description 1533 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 47681.63g
  • Year 1941
    Description 181 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 5629.73g
  • Year 1946
    Description 96 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2985.93g
  • Year 1946
    Description 11 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 342.13g
  • Year 1950
    Description 19 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 590.96g
  • Year 1950
    Description 35,000 Yards Processed. 200 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 6220.69g
  • Year 1952
    Description 9 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 279.93g
  • Year 1952
    Description 7 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 217.72g

Comments on the production information

  • UNREPORTED PRODUCTION DURING 1993 BY WESTERN ARCTIC MINING (SR 48).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 053-074

  • Deposit

    SP4 p. 116

  • Deposit

    B225 p. 53

  • Deposit

    B259b p. 23

  • Deposit

    B284n p. 136

  • Deposit

    B314k pp. 162-163

  • Deposit

    B379q pp. 322-327, 345

  • Deposit

    B442s pp. 363-364

  • Deposit

    B592u p. 393

  • Deposit

    B622r p. 372

  • Deposit

    B722f p. 217

  • Deposit

    MR192-2 p. 38

  • Deposit

    B910A p. 66

  • Deposit

    B917A p. 65

  • Deposit

    B926A pp. 61, 71-72

  • Deposit

    B933A pp. 58, 68

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 118

  • Deposit

    MF445

  • Deposit

    OF508 p. 45

  • Deposit

    OF512 pp. 1, 9-10

  • Deposit

    SR38 p. 25

  • Deposit

    BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,

  • Deposit

    AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1993, P. 27.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-1995 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

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