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Grouse 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 10308565
Record type Site
Current site name Grouse Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -143.37285, 65.28976 (WGS84)
Relative position Grouse Creek probably is now called Moore Creek, a northwest-flowing, 2-mile-long tributary of Woodchopper Creek (Brooks, 1907; Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-632]). It joins Woodchopper Creek in the southwest corner of T. 6 N., R. 21 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The exact location of prospecting on the creek is unknown. Coordinates given are for the approximate midpoint of Moore Creek in section 36, T. 6 N., R. 21 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. If Moore Creek is Grouse Creek, then the location is accurate to within one mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Charley River B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Charley River SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charley River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

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) -143.37285, 65.28976
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Brooks reported gold prospects along Grouse Creek in 1906 (1907). It may now be called Moore Creek (Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-632]). The bedrock geology in the Moore Creek area is composed of Upper Devonian(?) conglomerate, which contains pebble- to boulder-size clasts of quartzite and multicolored chert, as well as interbedded quartz-chert-arenite and wacke. This unit has been mapped as the Step Conglomerate (Dover and Miyaoka, 1988).
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Circle

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Grouse Creek was prospected in 1906 (Brooks, 1907).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Brooks, A.H., 1907, The Alaskan mining industry in 1906: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 314, p. 19-39.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Charley River and Coleen quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-632, 45 p.

  • Deposit

    Dover, J.A., and Miyaoka, R.T., 1988, Reinterpreted geologic map and fossil data, Charley River quadrangle, east-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2004, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Prindle, L.M., 1913, A geologic reconnaissance of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 538, 82 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Brooks, 1907

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Deposit Other Comments = This site is within the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-00 Cameron, C.E. Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys

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