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Wolf Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Chromium, REE
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002696
MRDS ID A015138
Record type Site
Current site name Wolf Creek Placer
Related records 10160126

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.32773, 64.80951 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4 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

Hungwitchin Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village 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. 34, 36. LOCATION 34 NEAR MOUTH. LOCATION 36 2 MILES FROM HEAD NEAR CONFLUENCE WITH EAST TRIBUTARIES. 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
Chromium Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore
Monazite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.32773, 64.80951
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAMPLES OF TERTIARY ROCKS DERIVED FROM GRANITIC ROCKS CONTAINED IN HEAVY-MINERAL FRACTION TRACES OF RUTILE, TOURMALINE, AND MONAZITE ; REG.COM: TERTIARY ROCKS ARE PROXIMAL SOURCE OF GOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on development

  • DEAD WORK ON AUTOMATIC DAM, 1911. SMALL SCALE MINING IN 1939

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-393 (D-1), LOC. 34, 36

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC. 316, P. 7. 9.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-393-34, 36

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD AND CHROMITE IN STREAM PLACERS
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FEET PER MILE. LOCATION DESCRIPTION FOR ENTIRE LENGTH OF WOLF CREEK FROM HEAD TO MOUTH. ; 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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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