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Dome Creek Area

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10000552
MRDS ID A010758
Record type Site
Current site name Dome Creek Area
Alternate or previous names Little Miller Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.24436, 64.39145 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(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 10 SQ MI. ALONG DOME CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES 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
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result FINENESS OF GOLD FROM TWO SAMPLES: 0.885 AU, 0.107 AG

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: SCHIST 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 1893
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Forty Mile District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED IN THE VICINITY OF 100,000 TOZ AU

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST GOLD IN BENCHES THAT EXTEND FOR SEVERAL MILES ALONG NORTH WALL OF VALLEY. TRIBUTARIES WHICH CUT BENCHES HAVE RECONCENTRATED PAYSTREAKS THAT ARE VERY RICH.

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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