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Clara Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Tin
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136200
MRDS ID A003629
MAS/MILS ID 0020430013
Record type Site
Current site name Clara Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -167.26172, 65.61457 (WGS84)
Elevation 50
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 003 N 041 W 31 SE Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • REF. POINT LOCATION IS AT CONFLUENCE OF CLAR CR. & MINT R.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -167.26172, 65.61457
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1946

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Production statistics

  • Year 1946
    Description 242 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 7527.04g
  • Year 1946
    Description 22 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 684.27g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JUL-1988 Dwb U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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