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Short Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tin
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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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097572
MRDS ID A015537
Record type Site
Current site name Short Creek Placer
Related records 10135890

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.56558, 64.36282 (WGS84)

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 B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ruby S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ruby(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-405, LOC. 15. PLACER DEPOSITS FROM HEAD OF CREEK TO WINTER TRAIL MARKED ON RUBY (B-6). COORDINATES GIVEN FOR DISCOVERY CLAIM .6 MI. ABOVE 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
Tin Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.56558, 64.36282
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913

Mining district

District name Ruby

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • A LINE OF DRILL HOLES ON 30 FOOT CENTERS ACROSS THE VALLEY, 500 FEET BELOW THE WINTER TRAIL, YEILDED NO GOLD OR TIN.

Comments on development

  • PLACER GOLD AND TIN DISCOVERED ON SHORT CR. IN 1913 AT WORKINGS .6 MI. ABOVE MOUTH. CREEK MINED BY OPEN CUTS FOR 1-1.5 MILES BELOW HEAD. MINING WAS ALL PROBABLY BETWEEN 1914 OR 1915 AND EARLY 1920'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-405 (B-6), LOC. 15.

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 239, P. 48-49.

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 88, LOC. 41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD AND CASSITERITE IN STREAM PLACER. GOLD CONTENT LOW AND GOLD IS IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED CLOSE TO BEDROCK. PLACER GROUND 10-15 FT. DEEP; 4-6 FT. OF GRAVEL BENEATH MUCK. PAY STREAK 20-40 FT. WIDE AND USUALLY WITHIN A FOOT OF BEDROCK IN A POORLY DEFINED IRREGULAR CHANNEL. DEPTH TO BEDROCK INCREASES FROM 12 FEET AT WINTER TRAIL TO 75 FEET AT MOUTH OF CREEK.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 150 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-1987 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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