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Porcupine Creek Area

Past 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000512
MRDS ID A010704
Record type Site
Current site name Porcupine Creek Area
Alternate or previous names Glacier Creek, McKinley Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.23546, 59.41641 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haines(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skagway B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Skagway SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Skagway C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chilkat-Skagway Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 35 SQ MI. INCLUDES SOUTHERN TRIBUTARIES OF KLEHIM RIVER SUCH AS GLACIER CREEK AND PORCUPINE CREEK; 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
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -136.23546, 59.41641
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: SLATE AND LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1898
Year of last production 1955

Comments on development

  • MOST PRODUCTION FROM PORCUPINE CREEK ITSELF. WAS MOST ACTIVE, 1898-1919, AND ONLY INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE AFTER THAT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RICHEST PAY STREAK NEXT TO BEDROCK IN STREAM. CREEK AND BENCHES WERE EQUALLY PRODUCTIVE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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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