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Peterson Cr.

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000444
MRDS ID A010613
Record type Site
Current site name Peterson Cr.
Related records 10161408

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.05121, 60.89037 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anchorage(Municipality)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Seward NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Anchorage(hydrologic unit)

Knik Arm(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880 B. SITE CONTINUES 2 MI UPSTREAM LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Scheelite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.05121, 60.89037
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hope District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY MINOR PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADGGS GEOCHEMICAL REPORT 14, P. 33

  • Deposit

    USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-B, LOCATION 6

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P. 179

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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