Unnamed (east of Sugar Loaf Mountain)

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. 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 10307504
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (east of Sugar Loaf Mountain)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.79286, 63.78961 (WGS84)
Relative position This placer gold prospect is on an unnamed, northeast-flowing tributary to Moody Creek, about 1.3 mile east of Sugar Loaf Mountain. The map site is at the approximate midpoint of the placer activity, in the north-central part of sec. 18, T. 13 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

(1) -148.79286, 63.78961

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The area drained by this creek is underlain by the Birch Creek Schist, and Mesozoic to Tertiary intrusive rocks.
  • 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

  • Deposit

    Wahrhaftig, Clyde, 1958, Quaternary geology of the Nenana River: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 293, 78 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Wahrhaftig, 1958

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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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