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Moore Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Chromium, Mercury, Tungsten
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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 10308868
MRDS ID A015081
Record type Site
Current site name Moore Creek
Related records 10002641

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.15293, 62.59942 (WGS84)
Relative position USGS MF-363, Loc. 37: Mine is adjacent to landing strip marked on Iditarod C-3 topographic map.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Takotna River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Mercury Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Gangue = Concentrates contain

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chromite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

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) -157.15293, 62.59942
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Gold is in base of gravel and in cracks in upper 1.5 ft. of bedrock. Stream overburden is 12-18 ft. thick gravel. Bench overburden is 5-7 ft. thick; 3-5 ft. gravel, 2 ft. muck.
  • Age = Tertiary/Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name McGrath

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Total production is estimated at 54,000 oz. Au and 12,500 oz. Ag. Mertie reports fineness of 767 parts Au and 225 parts Ag (1936, p. 224).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface: drilling, dredging ?

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Bundtzen, Laird, and Lockwood, 1988

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer: stream, bench

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-MAY-1994 Powers, M.T.; Huber, D.F.; Miller, M.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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