| Deposit ID | 10232817 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0020530140 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Whiskey Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | Whisky Creek, American Creek |
| Point of reference | Claim |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -164.53938, 64.76181 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 152 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nome(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Solomon D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Solomon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Nome(hydrologic unit)
Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kateel River | 008 S | 029 W | 28 | NESESE | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Claim (1) | -164.53938, 64.76181 |
|---|
| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1935 |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Year | 1935 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 36 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1946 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 3 Troy Ounces Silver | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1946 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 33 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0020530140 |
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| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-JUL-1988 | Sbh | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.