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Montezuma Creek

Past Producer 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 10308695
Record type Site
Current site name Montezuma Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.41493, 61.90431 (WGS84)
Relative position Montezuma Creek is a small drainage between Buster Creek (RM008) and Bobtail Creek (RM009). These creeks are not named on the USGS 1:63,360 topographic map (1952 edition) of the area. All three creeks are west tributaries of lower Kako Creek. The map site of the Montezuma placer mine is 4 miles north-northwest of Kako Landing on the Yukon River. The site is about 0.2 mile north of a landing strip in the NE1/4 sec. 20, T. 21 N., R. 66 W., of the Seward Meridian. Montezuma Creek is included in localities 11, 12, and 13 of Hoare and Cobb (1972, 1977).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russian Mission D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Russian Mission NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Russian Mission(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Russian Mission Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

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) -161.41493, 61.90431
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Montezuma Creek is a small stream between Bobtail (RM009) and Buster Creeks (RM008). Although mining has been reported from as early as 1924 and intermittently until 1936 (Hoare and Cobb, 1977), little is known about the placer deposit or the mine workings. Hickok and McAtee (1990, p. 11) noted that reserves are expected on Montezuma Creek along and below old workings. The headwaters of Montezuma Creek trend toward the Kako lode gold prospect (RM007).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name Marshall

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Some open-cut mine workings are expected to be present along Montezuma Creek.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hoare, J M., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Russian Mission quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-444, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.

  • Deposit

    Hickok, B., and McAtee, J., 1990, Lode gold occurrences near the Kako and Stuyahok placer mines, southwestern Alaska: Calista Corporation, Anchorage, unpublished report, 17 p.

  • Deposit

    Hoare, J M., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Russian Mission quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-444, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hoare and Cobb, 1977

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 10-JUN-2001 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology
Reporter 10-JUN-2001 Madelyn A. Millholland Millholland & Associates

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