Dome Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Mercury
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 10185888
MRDS ID A015140
MAS/MILS ID 0020600044
Record type Site
Current site name Dome Creek
Related records 10002698

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -141.23329, 64.39118 (WGS84)
Elevation 613
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(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 006 S 033 E 17 C SE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -141.23329, 64.39118

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 Dave Weston
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1979

Production statistics

  • Year 1921
    Description 16,000 Yards Processed. 409 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 12721.32g
  • Year 1928
    Description 483 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 15022.98g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-016

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-104

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-126

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    ALASKA KARDEX 060-129

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-207

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-274

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-281

  • Deposit

    B251 p. 53

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    B345k p. 197

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    B375 p. 44

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    B520l p. 211

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    B542j p. 217

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    B642c p. 62

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    B714b p. 88

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    B739a p. 34

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    B813a p. 32

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    B813c p. 130

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    B824a p. 37

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    B836a p. 38

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    B844A p. 36

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    B880A p. 43

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    B897C pp. 188-190

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    B910A p. 54

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    B917A p. 54

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    B926A p. 48

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    B933A p. 45

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    IC8252 p. 54

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    P610 p. 27

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    MF393

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    OF508 p. 73

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    POWERS, J.B. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FORTYMILE MINING DISTRICT

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    TO 1935. AK. TERR. DEPT. OF MINES MINER. REP. MR 60-2, 1935

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    19 PP.

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    WIMMLER, N.L. NOTES ON PLACER MINING ACTIVITY IN THE FORTY-

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    MILE DISTRICT IN 1929. AK. TERR. DEPT OF MINES INVEST. REP.

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    IR 60-2, 1949, 2 PP.

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    MOFFIT, F.H. MINERAL INDUSTRY IN ALASKA IN 1925. U.S. GEOL

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    SURV. BULL. 792, 1927, P. 18.

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    SMITH. P.S. FINENESS OF GOLD FROM ALASKAN PLACERS. U.S.

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    GEOL. SURV. BULL. 910-C, 1941, PP. 198-201.

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    SWAINBANK, R.C., T.K. BUNDTZEN, AND J. WOOD. ALASKA'S

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    MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1990. AK. DIV. GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV.

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    SPEC. REP. NO. 45, 1991, PP. 30-31.

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    SPURR, J.C. GEOLOGY OF THE YUKON GOLD DISTRICT, ALASKA.

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    U.S. GEOL. SURV. 18TH ANNU. REP. PT III, 1898, PP. 252-253.

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    BURLEIGH, R.E., AND K.G. LEAR. COMPILATION OF DATA FOR

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    PHASE 1 OF THE MINERAL RESOURCE EVALUATION OF THE BUREAU OF

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    LAND MANAGEMENT BLACK RIVER AND FORTYMILE RIVER SUBUNITS.

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    BUMINES OFR 48-94, 1994, 116 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A000982

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAY-1991 Mirl-Mjn U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.