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Sourdough Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  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 10001473
MRDS ID A012222
Record type Site
Current site name Sourdough Creek
Related records 10111573

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.47574, 65.3297 (WGS84)
Relative position SEE LOCATION COMMENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Circle B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • THE LOCATION IS THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF DISCONTINUOUS PLACER WORKINGS THAT EXTEND FROM SILVER CREEK TO POLAR CREEK; FROM THE MOUTH OF BEAR CREEK UPSTREAM FOR ABOUT 1,500 FT; AND FOR ABOUT A MILE BETWEEN BEAR CREEK AND RUBY CREEK. SOURDOUGH CREEK IS A TRIBUTARY OF THE CHATANIKA RIVER. THE CREEK CAN BE ACCESSED FROM THE STEESE HIGHWAY AT MILE MARKER 66.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STIBNITE AND SCHEELITE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN GRANITE TALUS SAMPLES FROM THIS CREEK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Stibnite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION IS NOT KNOWN, BUT ABOUT 2850 OZ GOLD WAS REPORTEDLY PRODUCED FROM 1937 TO 1941. A FEW BLOCKS OF UNMINED GROUND REMAIN MID-VALLEY BUT THE CREEK HAS BEEN LARGELY MINED. TWO HUNDRED OUNCES OF GOLD WAS PRODUCED FROM ONE 300 FT BY 150 FT CUT ON THE DISCOVERY CLAIM (EBERLEIN AND OTHERS, 1977, P. 24).

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACER GOLD WAS MINED FROM 1932 TO 1940 AND INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1946 TO 1959. PROSPECTING AND MAINTENANCE WORK OCCURRED IN 1966. THE CREEK HAS LARGELY BEEN MINED OUT BY SURFACE WORKINGS (EBERLEIN AND OTHERS, 1977, P. 24).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDROCK IN THE AREA IS SCHIST,AND, NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE CREEK A GRANITIC PLUTON (WEDOW AND OTHERS, 1954, P. 8). A SAMPLE OF GRANITE TALUS CONTAINED STIBNITE AND SCHEELITE (NELSON AND OTHERS, 1954). JOESTING (1942) REPORTED STIBNITE IN PLACER CONCENTRATES AND SCARCE CASSITERITE IN PLACERS. PLACER GOLD WAS MINED FROM 1932 TO 1940 AND INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1946 TO 1959. GRAVEL IS TEN TO ELEVEN FEET THICK. PROSPECTING AND MAINTENANCE WORK OCCURRED IN 1966. THE CREEK HAS LARGELY BEEN MINED OUT BY SURFACE WORKINGS (EBERLEIN AND OTHERS, 1977, P. 24). TOTAL PRODUCTION IS NOT KNOWN, BUT ABOUT 2850 OZ GOLD WAS REPORTEDLY PRODUCED FROM 1937 TO 1941. A FEW BLOCKS OF UNMINED GROUND REMAIN MID-VALLEY BUT THE CREEK HAS BEEN LARGELY MINED. TWO HUNDRED OUNCES OF GOLD WAS PRODUCED FROM ONE 300 FT BY 150 FT CUT ON THE DISCOVERY CLAIM (EBERLEIN AND OTHERS, 1977, P. 24).
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit SEE ALSO: FAITH CREEK; DEMPSY PUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; USGS OFR 83-170-B, APPENDIX I, NO. 103

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1998 C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer, A.S. Clements Avalon Development Corporation

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