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Poorman 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. 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 10000785
MRDS ID A011430
Record type Site
Current site name Poorman Creek Placer
Related records 10233795

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.88973, 62.12081 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position TRIBUTARY TO GOLD RUN CREEK, TRIBUTARY TO CHAVOLDA CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nabesna A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nabesna SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nabesna(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • BEST LOCATION : USGS I-749. 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) -141.88973, 62.12081
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: JURASSIC AND CRETACEOUS SHALE AND GRAYWACKE INTRUDED BY TERTIARY DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chisana

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM WASH MINED BY 1914 WAS 4 TO 12 FT DEEP, AVERAGING 7 FT DEEP, AND 10 TO 15 FT WIDE ALONG 100 FT SECTION; TOP 2 FT OF BEDROCK ALSO SLUICED
Deposit SEE ALSO: GOLD RUN CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY FIELDS FROM THE DEPOSIT COMMENTS FIELD.

Beyond USGS

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

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