| Deposit ID | 10001706 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A012489 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Michigan Creek |
| Related records | 10281791 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -144.62889, 64.1636 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | Michigan Creek drains into the South Fork of the Goodpaster River, approximately 32 miles north-northeast of Big Delta. The creek is approximately 8 miles long and has several small tributaries. The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system reports placer mining on Michigan Creek, but it is unclear where mining activity took place. The approximate midpoint of the creek is in SW1/4NW1/4 section 4, T. 9 S., R. 16 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. A winter trail from the South Fork of the Goodpaster River provides access to the Creek. It is locality 18 of Cobb and Eberlein (1980), who summarized relevant references under the name 'Michigan Creek'. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Big Delta A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Big Delta SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Big Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| (1) | -144.62889, 64.1636 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Goodpaster |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012489 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | BD024 |
Brooks, A.H., 1918, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1916: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662, 469 p.
Joesting, H.R., 1938, Mining and prospecting in the Goodpaster region: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines , 2 p.
Thomas, B.I., 1970, Reconnaissance of the gold-bearing quartz veins in the Tibbs Creek area, Goodpaster River, Big Delta quadrangle, central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 14-70, 12 p.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-388, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.
Eberlein, G.D., Chapman, R.M., Foster, H.L., and Gassaway, J.S., 1977, Map and table describing known metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168-D, 132 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.
Weber, F.R., Foster, H.L., Keith, T.E.C., Dusel-Bacon, C., 1978, Preliminary geologic map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Menzie, W.D., and Foster, H.L., 1979, Metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral resource potential in the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529D, 61 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., and Eberlein, G.D., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Big Delta and Tanacross quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1086, 77 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 26-APR-1999 | Cameron S. Rombach | Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys |
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