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Slate Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, PGE, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258660
MRDS ID A010298
MAS/MILS ID 0021010004
Record type Site
Current site name Slate Creek
Alternate or previous names Discovery Claim, John O'Malley, George Wickert, W. W. Johnson, Wattamuse Mining Company, New York Alaska Gold Dredging Co., Nos. 1-14 Above Discovery, No. 1 Below Discovery, Lower Slate Discovery, James A. Bystedt
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Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -161.18081, 59.37707 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodnews Bay B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(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 009 S 071 W 23 C SESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -161.18081, 59.37707
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Date of Last Modification 890725

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1928

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ron Wittom
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1985

Production statistics

  • Year 1928
    Description 49 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1524.07g
  • Year 1928
    Description 385 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 11974.84g
  • Year 1929
    Description 88 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2737.1g
  • Year 1929
    Description 666 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 20714.91g
  • Year 1941
    Description 401 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 12472.49g
  • Year 1941
    Description 1763 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 54835.43g
  • Year 1956
    Description 6 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 186.62g
  • Year 1956
    Description 27 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 839.79g
  • Year 1957
    Description 500 Yards Processed. 3 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 93.31g
  • Year 1958
    Description 22 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 684.27g
  • Year 1958
    Description 7,700 Yards Processed. 145 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4510g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Hand mining conducted on Discovery claim

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUL-1991 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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