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Lower Ptarmigan Creek

Occurrence 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001084
MRDS ID A011768
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Ptarmigan Creek
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.03858, 61.96278 (WGS84)
Relative position Confluence of Ptarmigan Creek with Beaver Creek. Best location: MacKevett, 1976, loc. 186. Accurate within radius of 1,000 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

McCarthy NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McCarthy(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.03858, 61.96278
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Placer gold occurrence, no other data.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Chisana

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Type of workings: surface

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773-B, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = MacKevett, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-OCT-1997 Leonard, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 31-OCT-1997 Elliott, R.L. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 31-OCT-1997 Richter, D.H. U.S. Geological Survey

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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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