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Mccann Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, PGE
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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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233604
MRDS ID A013216
MAS/MILS ID 0021230009
Record type Site
Current site name Mccann Creek
Alternate or previous names Smalls River
Related records 10002308

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -161.71409, 58.97985 (WGS84)
Elevation 55
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hagemeister Island D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Hagemeister Strait(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hagemeister Island(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 014 S 075 W 12 C SWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
PGE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -161.71409, 58.97985
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the ownership information

  • Previous owner: Edward McCann, 1931

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8 claims staked in 1931. Workings consis of 2 pits. Claims drilled under a Defnese Minerals Exploration Administration (DMEA) grant in 1953. Au fineness is 918.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1989 Hfd 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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