Dome Creek

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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258303
MAS/MILS ID 0020910009
Record type Site
Current site name Dome Creek
Alternate or previous names Trestle Creek Claim, Dome Creek 10-4 Above, Nos. 1, 3-4 On Dome Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -159.5778, 60.74103 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethel C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bethel NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bethel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 008 N 059 W 35 SENESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -159.5778, 60.74103

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner House, Wayne
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Russel Schaefer Estate
    Year 1978
  • Type Operator
    Owner Bloomquist, John
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 091-009

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 380901 p. 6

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 390701 p. 5

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 400819 p. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 CLAIMS STAKED 1940 BY DAVIDSON & JENSEN. NO RECORD OF WORK OPTIONED BY PECK AND RICE IN 1940. 5 CLAIMS STAKED BY SCHAEFER & HOUSE. ACTIVE 1977. BEDROCK IN AREA IS MAINLY GRAYWACKE AND OTHER CLASTIC ROCKS OF THE CRETACEOUS KUSKOKWIM GROUP AND SMALL TERTIARY ALBITE RHYOLITE INTRUSIVE BODIES. VALLEY HEADS IN HORNFEL ZONE OF THE CRIPPLE MOUNTAINS. (HOARE AND CONRAD) REFERENCE POINT AT CONFLUENCE OF CRIPPLE AND DOME CREEKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUN-1985 Sbh 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.