Black Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Tin, Tungsten, Platinum
Sections on this page
  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 10308872
MRDS ID A015075
Record type Site
Current site name Black Creek
Related records 10002636

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.93893, 62.4444 (WGS84)
Relative position USGS MF-363, Loc. 31.; 3 miles ESE of Flat; Accurate within 1/4 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

Iditarod B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
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) -157.93893, 62.4444

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Gold and cinnabar found in discontinuous stream placers. Overburden is 12-16 ft. thick. Joesting (1942) reported rare cassiterite in the concentrates. Bundtzen and others (1992) found platinum anomalies, although not in economic concentrations.
  • 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 Iditarod

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Mined 1910-16, 1940, & 1975-81; dredge operated in 1916. Total production >25,000 oz Au.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface and underground: trench, dredge, short adit

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Bundtzen and others, 1992

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = placer: stream
Deposit Other Comments = Stream gradient about 100 ft. per mile.

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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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