Fortyseven Creek Lode

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony
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 10309008
MRDS ID A013446
Record type Site
Current site name Fortyseven Creek Lode
Alternate or previous names Fortyseven Creek, lode
Related records 10258804, 10002506

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.2028, 61.04936 (WGS84)
Relative position Just off east side of ridge that Fortyseven Creek drains.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sleetmute A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sleetmute SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sleetmute(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Holitna 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
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Arsenopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.2028, 61.04936

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Shear zone 1,000 ft (305 m) wide and 1.5 mi (2.4 km) long in Cretaceous graywacke and slate contains quartz veins carrying gold-, silver- ,and tungsten- bearing minerals.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Aniak

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys samples 15536 and 15537 contain 2.4 ppm Au and 16.7 ppm Ag respectively (Robinson, 1984a)

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Prospect pits dug for sampling in 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cady and others, 1955, p. 119-121

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode; gold-tungsten-quartz vein, shear zone
Deposit Model Number = 36a?, 27d?
Deposit Other Comments = No production yet known, but development dur ing 1990's indicates production is likely.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUN-1994 Huber, D.F.; Niles, L.P.: 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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