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McCallie 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 10307519
Record type Site
Current site name McCallie Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.85282, 63.10958 (WGS84)
Relative position Occurrences of placer gold are on McCallie Creek, an east-flowing tributary of Ohio Creek. The occurrences extend from the mouth of McCallie Creek upstream to the map site, which is in the Se1/4 of sec. 9, T. 21 S., R. 12 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This is location E-32 of Balen (1990: OFR 34-90) and is accurate to within 1 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Healy S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chulitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

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) -149.85282, 63.10958
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = McCallie Creek hosts several placer gold occurrences. Its drainage area includes Upper Triassic limestone and basalt, in thrust contact with Lower Jurassic and Upper Triassic sandstone, siltstone, argillite, and conglomerate (Wilson and others, 1998). In places, these units are cut by several generations of veins related to Upper Cretaceous or Lower Tertiary plutons. The placer gold probably was derived from the erosion of such veins.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface only.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Balen, 1990 (OFR 34-90)

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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