Julian Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, REE, Tin
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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258409
MRDS ID A015080
MAS/MILS ID 0020730010
Record type Site
Current site name Julian Creek
Alternate or previous names Vanderpool, Wilmarth
Related records 10002640

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -157.3765, 62.2083 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod C(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 025 N 044 W 35 SWNWSE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -157.3765, 62.2083

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1921

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Julian Creek Mine
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1993
    Last year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1921
    Description 400 Yards Processed. 96 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2985.93g
  • Year 1923
    Description 600 Yards Processed. 9 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 279.93g
  • Year 1931
    Description 5,000 Yards Processed. 462 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 14369.8g
  • Year 1946
    Description 11 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 342.13g
  • Year 1946
    Description 67 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2083.93g
  • Year 1947
    Description 93 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 2892.62g
  • Year 1947
    Description 571 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 17760.08g
  • Year 1949
    Description 27 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 839.79g
  • Year 1949
    Description 14,000 Yards Processed. 168 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 5225.38g
  • Year 1950
    Description 10 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 311.03g
  • Year 1950
    Description 3,000 Yards Processed. 35 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1088.62g

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES EXHAUSTED IN 1993, END OF PLACER MINING (SR 48).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    80ASKA KARDEX 073-048

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 073-089

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 073-090

  • Deposit

    B480m pp. 267, 270

  • Deposit

    B520c p. 40

  • Deposit

    B622n p. 261

  • Deposit

    B722a p. 60

  • Deposit

    MR195-7 p. 3

  • Deposit

    B844A p. 43

  • Deposit

    B857A p. 41

  • Deposit

    B864A p. 45

  • Deposit

    B864C p. 224

  • Deposit

    B868A p. 46

  • Deposit

    B880A p. 49

  • Deposit

    B897A p. 58

  • Deposit

    B910A p. 60

  • Deposit

    B917A p. 59

  • Deposit

    B926A p. 56

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 460809 p. 3

  • Deposit

    OF51 p. 88

  • Deposit

    C255 pp. 16, 18

  • Deposit

    P268 pp. 71, 116, 119

  • Deposit

    P530 p. 111

  • Deposit

    P610 p. 15

  • Deposit

    MF363

  • Deposit

    OF508 p. 27

  • Deposit

    OF76-576 p. 32

  • Deposit

    AMR 81-82

  • Deposit

    BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,

  • Deposit

    AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 34.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1995 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.