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Wattamuse Creek

Producer 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000268
MRDS ID A010311
Record type Site
Current site name Wattamuse Creek
Related records 10185504

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.23604, 59.3326 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goodnews Bay(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

Calista Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS EXTEND 4 MI UP RIVER FROM THIS SITE. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Gemuk Group;Gemuk Group;Gemuk Group;
    Rock description Gemuk Group;Gemuk Group;Gemuk Group;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.23604, 59.3326
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOURCE OF GOLD IS PROBABLY THE QUARTZ VEINS WHICH OCCUR IN THE THERMALLY METAMORPHOSED AUREOLE OF CARB-CRET GEMUK GROUP ROCKS (CHERT, CLASTIC SEDIMENT, MAFIC VOLCANIC) THAT OCCURS UPSTREAM, NEAR INTRUSION, DEPOSITS MAY BE RECONCENTRATIONS OF TERRACE GRAVELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1917
Year of last production 1961

Mining district

District name Goodnews Bay District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOTH BENCH AND CREEK PLACERS WERE PRODUCTIVE. SAID TO YIELD .1-.2 OZ AU PER SQ.FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 12-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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