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Crooked Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  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 10002622
MRDS ID A015060
Record type Site
Current site name Crooked Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.25289, 62.01938 (WGS84)
Relative position USGS MF-363, Loc. 16: 5 miles E of Anaconda Mtn.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kuskokwim Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

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) -158.25289, 62.01938
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Placer deposits are on benches east and southeast of Crooked Creek. Richest placers are where tributary gulches have cut into benches and concentrated gold. Claims were staked in 1910.
  • Age = Tertiary/Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Aniak

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Placer gold from Crooked Creek was mined farther south, in the Sleetmute quad.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Miller and others, 1996

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = placer
Deposit Other Comments = Stream gradient less than 50 feet per mile.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-MAY-1994 Powers, M.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-MAY-1994 Huber, D.F. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-MAY-1994 Miller, M.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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