Black Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Tin, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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 10002636
MRDS ID A015075
Record type Site
Current site name Black Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.93876, 62.44412 (WGS84)
Relative position SEE LOCATION COMMENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-363, LOC. 31.; 3 MILES ESE OF FLAT; ACCURATE WITHIN 1/4 MILE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Cassiterite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.93876, 62.44412

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1940

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Iditarod

Comments on the production information

  • MINED 1910-16, 1940, & 1975-81; DREDGE OPERATED IN 1916. TOTAL PRODUCTION >25,000 OZ AU.

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND: TRENCH, DREDGE, SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD AND CINNABAR FOUND IN DISCONTINUOUS STREAM PLACERS. OVERBURDEN IS 12-16 FT. THICK. JOESTING (1942) REPORTED RARE CASSITERITE IN THE CONCENTRATES. BUNDTZEN AND OTHERS (1992) FOUND PLATINUM ANOMALIES, ALTHOUGH NOT IN ECONOMIC CONCENTRATIONS.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FT. PER MILE.
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-APR-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey ARDF AND MRDS MERGED RECORD
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 06-MAR-1998 Mason, George U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.