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Slate Creek (tributary to Grave Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307331
Record type Site
Current site name Slate Creek (tributary to Grave Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.98329, 67.58974 (WGS84)
Relative position The reference point for the occurrence is on the lower reaches of Slate Creek, a south-flowing tributary to Grave Creek, about 5 1/2 miles east of the east end of Squaw Lake (SW1/4 sec. 15, T. 32 N., R. 2 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian) . There is no information on the exact location of the occurrence along Slate Creek.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Christian NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chandalar(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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) -147.98329, 67.58974
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Reed (1930, MR 31-4, p. 11) reported that very encouraging prospects had reportedly been found on Slate Creek in the early 1900s. No other information is available. The creek drains an area mapped as Devonian black slate, phyllite and phyllitic siltstone, and muscovite schist and chloritized amphibole schist (Brosgi and Reiser, 1964).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Not determined

Mining district

District name Chandalar

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Three(?) claims were located on the creek, but there is no description of any work which may have been done.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Reed, 1930, (MR 31-4)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Deposit Other Comments = Alaska Kardex No. 031-094 (Kardex is a card file mining claim information system located at the State of Alaska DNR Public Information Center in Fairbanks).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-99 J.M. Britton U.S. Geological Survey

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