Slope Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Bismuth
Sections on this page
  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 10000784
MRDS ID A011427
Record type Site
Current site name Slope Creek
Related records 10161251

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -143.99652, 62.78857 (WGS84)
Relative position Best location: Richter, 1966, ADGGS GR 21, fig.5, loc. 11; Tributary to Porcupine Creek a tributary to Slana River. Accurate within 500 ft radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nabesna D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nabesna NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nabesna(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ahtna, Incorporated(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Gangue = In concentrates: magnetite
  • Ore Material = unknown Bi mineral)
  • Ore Material = unknown Bi mineral

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Ilmenite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -143.99652, 62.78857

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = No data on size or grade of deposit, but it was probably very small; placer deposits probably associated with mafic diorite-quartz diorite complex

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Chistochina; Porcupine Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Type of workings: surface

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Moffit, 1944, USGS B 943-B

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer
Deposit Other Comments = Some confusion exists in the literature in distinguishing between Slope Cr. and Boulder Cr. It is likely that most data probably refers to both. The mine symbol for Boulder Cr. on fig. 5 of ADGGS GR 21 is in the Gulkana quad.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-FEB-1997 Leonard, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 06-FEB-1997 Elliott, R.L. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 06-FEB-1997 Richter, D.H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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