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Porcupine Creek Placer

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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000591
MRDS ID A011045
Record type Site
Current site name Porcupine Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Quartz Creek
Related records 10257831

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.2997, 67.24968 (WGS84)
Elevation 564
Relative position W SIDE OF MIDDLE FORK AND 5 MI W OF COLDFOOT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Wiseman SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman(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
028N 012W 01,12,13 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION AT JUNCTION WITH QUARTZ CK. PLACER EXTENDS 3 MI UPSTREAM AND WITHIN 1 MI DOWN STREAM. 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

Analytical data

Result GOLD FINENESS 854.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.2997, 67.24968
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVELS ARE FLAT, MIXED WITH COARSE SAND; GRAVELS ARE SUBANGULAR; GOLD IN LOWER 3 TO 6 FT. LITTLE ON TOP OF BEDROCK. BOULDER PRESENTED MINING PROBLEMS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS MICACEOUS SCHIST.

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 the production information

  • AVE VALUE IS 59 CENTS PER SQ FT; PRODUCTION TO 193 FOR QUARTZ CK ONLY.

Comments on development

  • GROUND SLUICE; PLACER MINING AT LEAST IN 1900-01, (8 DOLLARS PER MAN PER DAY), 1916, 1927, 1930, 1934-36, AROUND 1960, 1969, 1974. DRIFTMINING IN EARLY DAYS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

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