Susitna River (near Gold Creek)

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10001456
MRDS ID A012204
Record type Site
Current site name Susitna River (near Gold Creek)
Alternate or previous names Susitna River - Gold Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.69667, 62.76651 (WGS84)
Relative position E bank of Susitna River, near mile 265 of Alaska Railroad tracks; in sand bars W of gaging station; about 1 mile (1.6 km) N of Gold Creek (town); location accurate to within 1/4 mile (400 m) (Csejtey and Miller, 1978, loc. 33).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Talkeetna Mountains NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali State Park(State Park)

State Park ST(Type of land area)

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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) Qs

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Host is alluvial gravels. Minor concentrations of flour gold occur at or near surface of auriferous stream gravel deposits. Source rocks may be lode deposits associated with granodiorite intrusions of Tertiary age drained by Indian River to the NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Possibly minor production at different times during long period of exploratory work.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Multiple placer claims, extensively explored. 'Some gold won from time to time' (Capps, 1919). Up to 0.018 oz/yd3 Au in analysis of stream-sediment samples (Kurtak and others, 1992).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Capps, 1919

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1996 Riehle, J. 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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