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Sanderson Creek

Prospect 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 10307500
Record type Site
Current site name Sanderson Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.65286, 63.81962 (WGS84)
Relative position This placer gold prospect is on Sanderson Creek, a tributary of Lignite Creek. The map site is at about the midpoint of the placer, in the SW1/4 of sec. 36, T. 11 S., R. 6 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Healy N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy C(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

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Sanderson Creek drains an area underlain by Birch Creek Schist, by Mesozoic to Tertiary granites, and by younger Tertiary strata that overlie the older rocks. The Tertiary strata contain gold paleoplacers that probably are the source of the placer gold in Sanderson Creek. Claims have been located and relocated on Sanderson Creek, but there is no evidence that there has been any actual mining (Cobb, 1978: OFR 78-1062).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Bonnifield

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface only.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1978 (OFR 78-1062)

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-00 N. Van Wyck Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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