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Alder Creek Placer

Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002682
MRDS ID A015123
Record type Site
Current site name Alder Creek Placer
Related records 10111977

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -142.32918, 64.98033 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle 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-393, LOC. 18. MINE AND TAILINGS MARKED ON EAGLE (D-3) ABOUT 1 MILE UPSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE WITH SEVENTYMILE RIVER. INCORRECTLY SHOWN ON MF-393 AS LOC. 17. 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result FINENESS OF 9 ASSAYS AVERAGED 841 PARTS AU, 153 PARTS AG. SEE REF. 3, P. 255.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -142.32918, 64.98033
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1066.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eagle

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Roy Miettienen
    Home office P.O. Box 5, Eagle, Ak. 99738
    First year 1975

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTANT MINING FROM 1910 TO AT LEAST 1975. MINED 1916-1926 BY HYDRAULIC PLANTS. MINED IN 1975 WITH A BULLDOZER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-393 (D-3), LOC. 18.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 897, P. 193-194.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 917-D, P. 255.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-393-18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN OR NEAR CREEK CHANNEL, GRAVEL 4 FT. DEEP.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT 100-150 FEET PER MILE. ; 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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