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Cleary Creek Area

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Tin, Antimony
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000541
MRDS ID A010740
Record type Site
Current site name Cleary Creek Area
Alternate or previous names Chatham Creek, Chatanika River, Little Eldorado Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.46129, 65.09412 (WGS84)
Relative position LONG. PLOTTED FALLS ON RANGE LINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 35 SQ MI., GENERALLY WEST OF GIVEN LOCATION 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
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.46129, 65.09412
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED AT LEAST 1,500,000 TOZ AU. BY 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT MINING AND DREDGING

Comments on development

  • MOST MINING BEFORE 1924, BUT ACTIVE DREDGING INTO THE 1940'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B1374, P. 126-132

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 76-819, P. 25-26, 29-30, 33-36, 113-114

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVELS ARE AS MUCH AS 80 FEET DEEP WITH GOLD CONCENTRATED IN A BASAL LAYER 5 FEET THICK AND 2 FEET INTO BEDROCK. PAYSTREAK ON CLEARY CREEK IS ABOUT 150 FEET WIDE AND EXTENDS FOR 7 MILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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