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Kleary 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. 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 10000539
MRDS ID A010737
Record type Site
Current site name Kleary Creek Area
Alternate or previous names Includes: Kleary, Central, Boldrin & Goldrun Creeks

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -160.40285, 61.17432 (WGS84)
Relative position N OF SQUIRREL RIVER IN THE KALLARICHICHUK HILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russian Mission A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Russian Mission SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Russian Mission C(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

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 90 SQ MI.: INCLUDES STREAMS DRAINING WEST FLANK OF KALLARICHUK HILLS; AREA OF INTEREST GENERALLY N & S OF GIVEN LOCATION LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = RUSSIAN MISSION 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD FLAKY, BUT ONE CLAIM YIELDED SEVERAL COARSE NUGGETS, ONE 8.5 OUNCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Cassiterite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -160.40285, 61.17432
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: LIMESTONE (AT CENTRAL CREEK), SCHISTOSE ROCKS ; REG.COM: STRINGERS OF QUARTZ IN SCHIST & LIMESTONE ARE MOST PROBABLE SOURCES OF GOLD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1909

Mining district

District name Kiana District

Comments on the production information

  • 35 TO 40 THOUSAND OUNCES PRODUCED FROM THIS AREA

Comments on the workings information

  • METHODS USED INCLUDED PANNING, ROCKERS, DRAGLINES, HYDRAULICPLANTS, AND DREDGING

Comments on development

  • ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY WORK FROM 1909 TO 1960'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B1374, P. 58

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR, P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME OF THE RICHEST DEPOSITS ARE IN BURIED CHANNELS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Garrison, Michael T. (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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