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Gold Run Creek

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
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  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308926
MRDS ID A011429
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Run Creek
Alternate or previous names Gold Run Creek area, Discovery Pup, Poorman Creek
Related records 10234153, 10097505

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.90851, 62.128 (WGS84)
Relative position Best location: Richter and Jones, 1973, USGS I-749; location given is confluence of Glacier Creek and Gold Run Creek. Accurate within 1000 ft radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nabesna A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nabesna SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nabesna(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

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) -141.90851, 62.128
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Deposits consist of auriferous gravels containing subrounded shale and graywacke clasts and some well-rounded lava and diorite clasts. Two placer deposits described in USGS B 622: one is 150 ft by 15 ft with 4.5-to 5-ft-deep gravel and one is a 500 ft by 40 ft section of frozen gravels running 11 to 15 ft deep. Top 1 to 4 ft of rippable bedrock was also sluiced. The lava and diorite clasts in the stream gravels appear to have been derived from Tertiary gravels capping Gold Hill to southeast of placer area.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active

Mining district

District name Chisana

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Production included in Chisana district; see Bonanza Creek area (NB079)

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Type of workings: surface. Intermittent mining since discovery in 1913.

Reference information

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer: stream, bench
Deposit Other Comments = Contributor to Chisana district production of placer gold. Gold has also been noted downstream from Gold Run, on Glacier and Chavolda Creeks, though not in significant amounts

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-1997 Leonard, K.R.; Elliott, R.L.; Richter, D.H. U.S. Geological Survey

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