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Blank Creek

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208703
MAS/MILS ID 0020440132
Record type Site
Current site name Blank Creek
Alternate or previous names Candle Creek, Bear Cub 1&2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -162.06118, 65.81269 (WGS84)
Elevation 49
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 005 N 016 W 21 SWSWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -162.06118, 65.81269
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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 1964

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Production statistics

  • Year 1964
    Description 5 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 155.51g
  • Year 1964
    Description 2,200 Yards Processed. 44 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1368.55g

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. TIL 1966: 222,531 OZ AU., 28,871 OZ AG. (USBM FILES) MOST PRODUCTION IN CANDLE QUAD. AREA HAS BEEN DREDGED. BEDROCK IS MAINLY PALEOZOIC SCHIST AND LST CUT BY MANY QUARTZ VEINS AND GRANITIC DIKES. CONC. CONTAINS MAGNETITE, HEMATITE, ILMENITE, LIMONITE, ZIRCON, GARNET, SPHENE, PYRITE, GALENA, ARSENOPYRITE, ANDCKALCOPYRITE. REFERENCE POINT AT CONFLUENCE OF BLANK AND CANDLE CREEKS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-1986 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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