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Davis Creek Placer

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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  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 10000561
MRDS ID A011005
Record type Site
Current site name Davis Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.44522, 66.98828 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIBUTARY TO SOUTH FORK KOYUKUK RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bettles D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bettles NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bettles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
025N 013W Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG STREAM ONE MI DOWNSTREAM AND UPSTREAM FROM 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) JDoc
ListMap

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 Koyukuk District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • LOCATED EARLY IN DISTRICT HISTORY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 532, P.107

  • Deposit

    REED, 1938, ALASKA DEPT. OF MINES UNPUBL REPT, P.161.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Bliss, James D. 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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