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Quartz Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Rhenium, Tin
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002745
MRDS ID A015196
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Homestake Bar
Related records 10185032

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.88917, 65.12183 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanana A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tanana SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tanana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-371, LOC. 24. DEPOSIT ON BENCH BETWEEN QUARTZ AND READY MONEY CREEKS ABOUT 1 MILE FROM CONFLUENCE OF SULLIVAN CR. AND 1/4 MI. WEST OF QUARTZ 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
Rhenium Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Zircon Gangue
Gold Unknown
Xenotime Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.88917, 65.12183
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK SURFACE SLOPES TOWARD CREEK MORE GENTLY THAN GROUND SURFACE; BEDROCK SURFACE STEEPENS AT UPHILL MARGIN AND MARKS LIMIT OF RICHER DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hot Springs

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • SMALL-SCALE OPEN CUT MINING 1908-14 AND 1930. EXTENSIVE PROSPECT DRILLING 1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER GOLD ON HOMESTAKE BAR, A BENCH DEPOSIT CONSISTING LARGELY OF CREEP AND SLOPEWASH MATERIAL WITH A THIN COVER OF SILT. NOT A RICH PLACER. GRAVEL 3-4 FT. THICK OVERLAIN BY 3 FT. OF SILT.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FT. 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-MAY-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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