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Spruce Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver
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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. 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 10258425
MRDS ID A011276
MAS/MILS ID 0020660013
Record type Site
Current site name Spruce Creek
Alternate or previous names Spruce Creek Mouth, Shamrock 1-10, Spruce Howtay Assoc. 1, Bench Howtay Assoc. 1-3, Spruce 1-8
Related records 10107513

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -150.68289, 63.55287 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Denali NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park 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
Fairbanks 016 S 016 W 04 SW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -150.68289, 63.55287
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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 Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Northwest Exploration, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1921
    Description 500 Yards Processed. 21 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 653.17g
  • Year 1922
    Description 200 Yards Processed. 9 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 279.93g

Comments on the production information

  • Reported production of 1,183 ounces gold up to 1968.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1989 Mjn U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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