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Roaring Creek Placer

Unknown in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233722
MAS/MILS ID 0020760019
Record type Site
Current site name Roaring Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Roaring Creek, Black Cr Mng Co

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -147.89439, 62.25429 (WGS84)
Elevation 1220
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna Mountains B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna 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
Seward 025 N 008 E 13 SW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -147.89439, 62.25429
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1914

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 34-90

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 1-92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-SEP-1992 Jmk 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.