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Nugget Creek Placer

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002683
MRDS ID A015124
Record type Site
Current site name Nugget Creek Placer
Related records 10136094

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -142.25834, 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. 19. MINING NEAR MOUTH OF NUGGET CREEK, A NE FLOWING TRIBUTARY TO SEVENTYMILE RIVER. INCORRECTLY SHOWN ON MF-393 AS LOC. 18 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 ONE ASSAY SHOWED A FINENESS OF 851 PARTS AU AND 143 PARTS AG. SEE REF. 3. P. 255.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -142.25834, 64.98033
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1609.3M
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS GNEISSOID GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle

Comments on development

  • SPORADIC SMALL SCALE MINING NEAR MOUTH FROM 1903-1936.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-393 (D-3), LOC. 19.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 897, P. 193-194.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 917-D, P. 255.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-393-19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit GOLD IN 4 FT. THICK GRAVEL IN 20 FT WIDE PAYSTREAK, MAINLY IN THE LOWER MILE OF CREEK VALLEY AND FOR A SHORT DISTANCE ALONG SEVENTYMILE RIVER.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 500 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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