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Cooney Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257313
MRDS ID A015210
MAS/MILS ID 0020480015
Record type Site
Current site name Cooney Creek
Alternate or previous names Yool Doyo Cooney Group
Related records 10002756

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -150.73306, 65.12021 (WGS84)
Elevation 236
Location accuracy 100(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

Tanana A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tanana SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tanana(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 003 N 016 W 02 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -150.73306, 65.12021
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hagen, Albert (Rough Top Mining Co.)
    ID 5001040
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Stanley Dayo And Robert Yool
    ID 5001040
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976

Production statistics

  • Year 1931
    Description Production Reported 23 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 715.38g
  • Year 1932
    Description 92 Yards Processed. 29 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 902g

Comments on the production information

  • 1938- PRODUCED 73 OZ AU, 6 OZ AG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 048-012

  • Deposit

    B542j p. 221

  • Deposit

    B592r p. 362

  • Deposit

    B917A p. 50

  • Deposit

    B1058I pp. 394

  • Deposit

    MF371

  • Deposit

    BMOF98-76 p. 83

  • Deposit

    BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,

  • Deposit

    AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 29.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAY-1991 Mirl 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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