| Deposit ID | 10309030 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A011590 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | |
| Related records | 10210092, 10000922 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -150.88576, 62.17253 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS/MILS database (1998) locates this area near the confluence of Peters Creek and Kahiltna River on a circular bar in the northwest quarter of Section 14, T. 24 N., R. 9 W., of the Seward Meridian; this placer extends several hundred feet up and down stream from the coordinates given. Also shown as locality 66 by Reed and others, 1978. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Talkeetna A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Talkeetna SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Talkeetna(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Yentna River(hydrologic unit)
Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Platinum Critical | Secondary |
| Tin Critical | Secondary |
| Thorium | Secondary |
| Uranium | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Zirconium Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Platinum | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyroxene | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sphene | Gangue |
| Spinel | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Zircon | Gangue |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| (1) | -150.88576, 62.17253 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Yentna |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | TL048 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011590 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M045412 |
Capps, S.R., 1913, The Yentna district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 534, 75 p.
Brooks, A.H., 1918, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1916: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662, 469 p.
Brooks, A.H., 1919, Alaska's mineral supplies: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 666, p 89-102.
Martin, G.C., 1919, Alaska Mining Industry in 1917: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692, p. 11-42
Brooks, A.H., 1921, The future of Alaska mining, in Martin G.C. and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1917: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 714, p. 5-57.
Smith, P.S., 1930, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1927: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 810-A, p. 1-64.
Smith, P.S., 1930, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1928: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 813, p. 1-72.
Smith, P.S., 1932, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1929, in Smith, P.S., and others Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1929: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 824-A, p. 1-81.
Smith, P.S., 1934, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1933: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-A, p. 1-94.
Smith, P.S., 1936, Mineral industry in Alaska in 1934: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 868-A, p. 1-91.
Robinson, G. D., Wedow, Helmuth, Jr., and Lyon, J. B., 1955, Radioactivity investigations in the Cache Creek area, Yentna district, Alaska 1945: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1024-A, p. 1-23.
Overstreet, W.C., 1967, The geologic occurrence of monazite: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 530, 327 p.
Clark, A.L., and Hawley, C.C., 1968, Reconnaissance geology, mineral occurrences, and geochemical anomalies of the Yentna district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 68-35, 64 p.
Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1969, Economic geology of platinum minerals: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 630, 120 p.
C.C. Hawley and Associates, Inc., 1978, Mineral appraisal of lands adjacent to Mt. McKinley National Park, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 24-78, 275 p., 7 plates.
Reed, B.L., Nelson, S.W., Curtin, G.C., and Singer, D.A., 1978, Mineral resources map of the Talkeetna Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-870-D, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., and Reed, B.L., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of reference to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Talkeetna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-884, 106 p.
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1998, Minerals Availability System/Minerals Industry Location System (MAS/MILS), Talkeetna Quadrangle: Worldwide Web URL http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/data.html.
Clark, A.L., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Talkeetna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-369, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Joesting, H.R., 1942, Strategic mineral occurences in interior Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Pamphlet 1, 46 p.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1919, Platinum-bearing gold placers of the Kahiltna Valley: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692-D, p. 233-264.
Smith, P.S., 1930, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1928: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 813-A, p. 1-72.
Smith, P.S., 1933, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1930: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 836-A, p. 1-83.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a). |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Gold has also been reported in stream and bench placers on Lake Creek (TL065), which runs parallel to the Kahiltna River on its west side. See also ARDF records TY027, 028, 029 in the Tyonek quadrangle. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-AUG-1998 | Madelyn A. Millholland | Millholland & Associates |
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