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Frost Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10232793
MRDS ID A000235
MAS/MILS ID 0020440061
Record type Site
Current site name Frost Creek
Alternate or previous names Noxapaga River

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -164.10868, 65.57044 (WGS84)
Elevation 101
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 002 N 026 W 17 NWSESE Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • GRAVEL AURIFEROUS (COLLIER). REFERENCE POINT AT CONFLUENCE OF FROST CR & NOXAPAGA RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -164.10868, 65.57044
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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