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Balto Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002045
MRDS ID A012894
Record type Site
Current site name Balto Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Marcus Claim, Hunch Claim, Agnes Assoc. 2 Claims
Related records 10135750

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.45189, 64.63678 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIB. OF SNAKE RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NTVALL(Federal land areas administered by NTVALL)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX. MIDPOINT OF 1/2 MI. SECTION OF AURIFEROUS GRAVEL ALONG BALTO CR. 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
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M
    Length 804.65M
    Width 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1903

Comments on development

  • MINING ON 1 CLAIM: 1903; HYDRAULIC MINING: 1913; 4 CLAIMS ON CREEK, ENTRY YEAR: 1953; PRODUCTION PROBABLY VERY SMALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVEL 25 FT WIDE, 4-5 FEET DEEP, FOR 0.5 MI.; AU AND SCHEELITE IN STREAM GRAVELS.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) 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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