Greenstone Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Platinum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10307309
Record type	Site
Current site name	Greenstone Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-161.14329, 65.16939 (WGS84)
Relative position	This reported occurrence is on Greenstone Creek near its junction with Dime Creek. The map site is in section 4, T. 4S., R. 12 W., Kateel River Meridian.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Norton Bay(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Koyuk Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Platinum Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Platinum	Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	119
USGS model code	39a
Deposit model name	Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number	54

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-161.14329, 65.16939	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = A placer deposit of platinum reportedly is in the gravels of Greenstone Creek, and in the gravels of Dime Creek below the mouth of Greenstone Creek (Mertie, 1918).
Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Koyuk

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	CA050

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.
Deposit

Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1918, Placer mining on Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662-H, p. 451-458.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Mertie, 1918

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Model Name = Placer PGE-Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	12-JAN-00	Williams, Anita	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.