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Hot Springs Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Uranium, REE, Thorium, Tungsten
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  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 10308811
MRDS ID A012218
Record type Site
Current site name Hot Springs Creek
Related records 10184811, 10001469

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.67292, 65.47674 (WGS84)
Relative position The location is the approximate location of placer claims active in 1976 to 1979. Hot Springs Creek originates southwest of Circle Hot Springs and flows just north of town where it empties into a marsh.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Circle B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = Uraniferous allanite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Sphene Ore
Zircon Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.67292, 65.47674
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The headwaters of Hot Springs Creek drain an area underlain by Tertiary granite. The granite is light gray biotite-hornblende-tourmaline monzogranite to syenogranite (Wiltse and others, 1995). Uranium- and/or thorium-bearing allanite, sphene and zircon, and scheelite were found in placer concentrate samples (Cobb, 1976, [OFR 76-633]). Houston International reportedly tested sedimentary uranium in Tertiary sediments near Circle Hot Springs in 1980. This site is a U/Th-W-REE geochemical anomaly.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Circle

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1976, OFR 76-633.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-SEP-1998 C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer, A.S. Clements Avalon Development Corporation

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