Quartz Creek Placer

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity 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 10210015
MRDS ID A011531
MAS/MILS ID 0020860093
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Quartz Creek Gold Mining Co.
Related records 10097507

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -145.40676, 61.49492 (WGS84)
Elevation 788
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Valdez SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 004 S 001 W 28 NESENE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -145.40676, 61.49492

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-121

  • Deposit

    AR20e p. 422

  • Deposit

    AR21c pp. 402, 436-437

  • Deposit

    SP5 p. 90

  • Deposit

    P15 p. 63

  • Deposit

    P41 p. 121

  • Deposit

    B662g pp. 179-180

  • Deposit

    B866 pp. 35-36

  • Deposit

    B894 p. 127

  • Deposit

    MF438

  • Deposit

    OF508 p. 18

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-1995 Mirl-Wlg 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.