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Excelsior Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, REE
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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. 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 10002694
MRDS ID A015136
Record type Site
Current site name Excelsior Creek Occurrence
Related records 10282062

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.4383, 64.817 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7.5 MILES WNW OF EAGLE

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-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(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. 32. ABOUT 1 MILE UPSTREAM FROM EXCELSIOR-MISSION CREEK CONFLUENCE, ALONG EXCELSIOR CREEK. 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
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Monazite Ore
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.4383, 64.817
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE LAPED ONTO ON ALL SIDES BY TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING, BUT NO MINING ON TWELVEMILE CR. IN 1896

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-393 (D-1), LOC. 32.

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC. 316, P. 6.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-393-32

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRACE OF MONAZITE IN SAMPLE OF DISINTEGRATED GRANITE.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT 50-100 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.

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