Rainy Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185929
MRDS ID A011789
MAS/MILS ID 0020680048
Record type Site
Current site name Rainy Creek
Alternate or previous names Ace In the Hole
Related records 10001103

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -145.88603, 63.28716 (WGS84)
Elevation 899
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

Mount Hayes B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Hayes C(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 019 S 010 E 08 NW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -145.88603, 63.28716

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 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Stoelting, Thomas And Jensen, Daniel
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Description 2 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 62.2g
  • Year 1918
    Description 370 Yards Processed. 16 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 497.65g
  • Year 1919
    Description 1 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 31.1g
  • Year 1919
    Description 278 Yards Processed. 14 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 435.44g
  • Year 1920
    Description 500 Yards Processed. 14 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 435.44g
  • Year 1921
    Description 500 Yards Processed. 10 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 311.03g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 068-109

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 068-164

  • Deposit

    P15 p. 59

  • Deposit

    P41 p. 117

  • Deposit

    B498 pp. 65-66

  • Deposit

    B662b pp. 43-44

  • Deposit

    B712a pp. 20, 44

  • Deposit

    B810a p. 26

  • Deposit

    B824a p. 34

  • Deposit

    B1139 p. 197

  • Deposit

    GR14 pp. 2, 34

  • Deposit

    GR28 pp. 19-20, 33

  • Deposit

    MF414

  • Deposit

    OF508 p. 68

  • Deposit

    OF79-238 p. 62

  • Deposit

    AMR 81-82

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUL-1995 Hfd 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.