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Mike Hess Creek Placers

Prospect 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160178
MRDS ID A001804
MAS/MILS ID 0020490096
Record type Site
Current site name Mike Hess Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Hess Creek Bars

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -148.35726, 65.70718 (WGS84)
Elevation 242
Location accuracy 500(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

Livengood C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Livengood N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 010 N 004 W 10 C Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS CRIB A001805 REF. POINT IS AT CONFLUENCE OF HESS CR. AND NORTH FORK HESS CREEK AND SOUTH FORK HESS CREEK. REFERENCES REFER VAGUELY TO PROSPECTS ON "BARS 40 MILES BELOW THE FORKS" (B642); AU FOUND IN 1919 IN MIKE HESS BASIN (B714); AND OF A MAN DYING DUE TO A GAS EXPLOSION IN ONE OF THE DEEP PLACER MINES ON MIKE HESS CREEK (BMB 153).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -148.35726, 65.70718
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    B642j pp. 201, 208

  • Deposit

    BMB153 p. 52

  • Deposit

    B662d p. 82

  • Deposit

    MF413

  • Deposit

    OF508 p. 92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-AUG-1986 Clm 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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