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Dick Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tin, Tungsten
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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 10001904
MRDS ID A012732
Record type Site
Current site name Dick Creek Placer
Related records 10257541

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.9837, 65.78765 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • MIDPOINT OF 2.7 KM SECTION OF PLACER TAILINGS ALONG CREEK; AS SHOWN ON MAP OF D6 QUAD., USGS OFR 1271. 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
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -164.9837, 65.78765
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Serpentine

Comments on the workings information

  • REPORTED TO BE WORKED OUT IN 1952.

Comments on development

  • DREDGE OPERATED IN 1914; MOST MINING BY NON-FLOAT METHODS INCLUDING HYDRAULIC MINING IN 1916-1918, 1924-1940, 1946; ENDED IN 1952.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE, LOW-GRADE AURIFEROUS BODY OF GRAVEL; SCHEELITE AND CASSITERITE IN CONCENTRATES.
Deposit ONLY SITE OF COMMERCIAL PLACER MINING IN SERPENTINE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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