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Rock 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 10308539
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.91328, 67.53974 (WGS84)
Relative position Rock Creek is a tributary to the Middle Fork Chandalar River. Its confluence with the Middle Fork is about 5 1/2 miles west-southwest of the west end of Ackerman Lake. Rock Creek heads against the head of Day Creek, a tributary to Big Creek. The reference point is plotted several miles upstream from the mouth of Rock Creek (sec. 2, T. 31 N., R. 2 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian), but the exact location of any prospecting that may have been done on this creek is not known. The location is accurate within a 1-mile radius.

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) -147.91328, 67.53974
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Reed (1930, MR 31-4, p. 10) noted that encouraging prospects had been found in the early 1900s but that no mining had occurred and no prospecting was taking place at the time of his investigation. The area of Rock Creek is mapped as quartz-muscovite schist (Brosgi and Reiser, 1964). No other information is available.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Chandalar

Reference information

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)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1999 J.M. Britton U.S. Geological Survey

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