Unnamed (southeast of junction of Snowy Gulch and Timberline Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307605
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (southeast of junction of Snowy Gulch and Timberline Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.39576, 63.17663 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is at an elevation of about 4,300 feet about 0.5 mile southeast of the junction of Sunny Gulch and Timberline Creek. It is in the Se1/4 of sec. 17, T. 20 S., R. 2 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. It is shown as Site 11 on Plate I of Smith (1981). This location is accurate to within 500 feet.

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-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna 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
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.39576, 63.17663

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence is in a Cretaceous (?) intermediate intrusion. No other information about this deposit has been made public.
  • Age = Cretaceous or younger.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Smith, 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-00 D.L. Stevens 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.