Mina Creek

Occurrence 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 10282217
MRDS ID A000266
MAS/MILS ID 0020440108
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -162.43868, 65.76798 (WGS84)
Elevation 43
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

Bendeleben D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goodhope-Spafarief Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(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 004 N 018 W 09 C W2NW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -162.43868, 65.76798

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 044-102

  • Deposit

    B247 plate 3

  • Deposit

    B442s p. 369

  • Deposit

    OF75-429

  • 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. 27.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REFERENCE POINT AT CONFLUENCE MINA CREEK AND KUGRUK RIVER. UNREPORTED PRODUCTION DURING 1993 BY TUNDRA EXPLORATION (RHEINHART BERG) (SR 48).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-APR-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.