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Gunnison Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, 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 10308888
MRDS ID A015475
Record type Site
Current site name Gunnison Creek
Related records 10208881, 10002976

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.68206, 65.44964 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 61; SW1/4NE1/4 sec. 7, T. 7 N., R. 10 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The coordinates given are for the mine marked on the Livengood (B-6) quadrangle along Gunnison Creek near its confluence with Troublesome Creek.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Livengood S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite 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) -149.68206, 65.44964
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Placer mining was reported in 1904 and 1918 in stream placers near the mouth of the creek; mining may have been carried on in a few other years (Cobb, 1976; OFR 76-633, p. 84). A concentrate sample contained magnetite, ilmenite, picotite, zircon, scheelite, garnet, gold, pyrite, rutile and other nonmetallic minerals (Waters, 1934). Gunnison Creek drains a contact zone between granitic rock and quartzite, phyllite, slate, and chert (Eberlein and others, 1977, p. 65).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Rampart

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Some prospecting and mining was reported near the mouth of the creek in 1904, 1918 and in the late 1950's, but the amount of production is unknown (Cobb, 1976; OFR 76-633, p. 84; Eberlein and others, 1977, p. 65).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Placer mining was reported in 1904 and 1918 in stream placers near the mouth of the creek; mining may have been carried on in a few other years (Cobb, 1976; OFR 76-633, p. 84). Some prospecting and mining was reported near the mouth of the creek in the late 1950's (Eberlein and others, 1977, p. 65).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1976 (OFR 76-633)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation

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