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Quartz 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 10097526
MRDS ID A012862
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Creek Placer
Related records 10209253

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.02133, 64.57429 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Reference Point On Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • POINT ON QUARTZ CR., 1 MILE FROM COAST; KX-52-91. 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) -165.02133, 64.57429
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TETRAHEDRITE REPORTED IN VEIN SEVERAL FT THICK, W OF MOUTH OF QUARTZ CR.; VEIN ALONG CONTACT OF CHLORITIC SCHIST BED WITH BED OF GRAPHITIC SCHIST; PINCHES OUT. ; MAJOR.UNITS: CHLORITIC MICA SCHIST WITH BEDS OF GRAPHITIC SCHIST AND CARBONATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on development

  • MARGINAL PRODUCTION: 1903.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM CLAIM MAP, NOME QUAD.

  • Deposit

    M.I.R.L. REPT. 24, V. 2, LOC. 52-91.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 215.

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 36, LOC. 466.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-463-62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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-MAY-87 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald 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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