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Baker Creek Placer

Past 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003041
MRDS ID A015564
Record type Site
Current site name Baker Creek Placer
Related records 10112293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.06969, 64.24398 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruby A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Kantishna River SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ruby(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

Comments on the location information

  • MF-405, LOC. 38. WESTERN TRIBUTARY OF THE SETHKOKNA R. PLACER GROUND NEAR MOUTH. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.06969, 64.24398
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEAR PLUTON THAT RANGES IN COMPOSITION FROM GRANITE TO DIORITE. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK PROBABLY IS LOW-GRADE PHYLLITIC SCHIST NEAR A GRANITIC PLUTON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT WORKINGS PRIOR TO 1915. EXTENT OF MINING AND AMOUNT OF GOLD APPARENTLY SMALL. NO EVIDENCE OF WORKINGS SEEN IN 1975.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER GOLD PRESENT NEAR MOUTH.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-87 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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