Snare 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282109
MAS/MILS ID 0020370007
Record type Site
Current site name Snare Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -156.19089, 66.70784 (WGS84)
Elevation 175
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shungnak C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Shungnak NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shungnak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kobuk River(hydrologic unit)

Kobuk-Selawik Rivers(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 015 N 012 E 13 NENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -156.19089, 66.70784

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFTS SUNK 1953-1954, APPARENTLY WITHOUT POSITIVE RESULTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1986 Dwb 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.