Midas Creek

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209380
MRDS ID A003886
MAS/MILS ID 0020300024
Record type Site
Current site name Midas Creek
Alternate or previous names 1 Above, Bonnie C., Fools Creek, Dale

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -152.21308, 67.34525 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiseman B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman(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 029 N 021 W 10 SESWSE Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • REF. POINT IS LOCATED AT THE CONFLUENCE OF MIDAS CREEK AND SIXTYMILE CREEK. PROSPECTS ARE LOCATED ON MIDAS CREEK. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION OBTAINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -152.21308, 67.34525

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Clm 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.