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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002709
MRDS ID A015152
Record type Site
Current site name Ingle Creek Placer
Related records 10234037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -142.03602, 64.08225 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF CHICKEN.

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 A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fortymile River WSR(Wild and Scenic River)

Wild and Scenic River BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 49. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR MINE AT MOUTH MARKED ON EAGLE (A-3). PLACER CONTINUES UPSTREAM FOR ABOUT 1 MILE. 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
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result FINENESS AVERAGED 851 PARTS AU AND 144 PARTS AG PER THOUSAND. SEE REF. 2, P. 179

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -142.03602, 64.08225
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VALLEY IS NARROW AND STEEP WALLED. QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS NEAR HEAD REPORTED TO CARRY FREE GOLD. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS GREEN SCHIST AND QUARTZITE WITH MANY QUARTZ VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Fortymile

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gordon Kukowski (Hydraulic Dozer); Wilson Mining Co., (Hydraulic)
    First year 1975

Comments on development

  • MINED FROM 1905 TO AT LEAST 1975. MINED IN EARLY YEARS BY OPEN CUT AND AUTOMATIC DAM. MINED IN 1975 BY BULLDOZER AND HYDRAULIC METHODS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD MAINLY ON AND IN CREVICES IN TOP FOOT OF BEDROCK. OVERBURDEN 2-3 FT. THICK.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 400 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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