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Goldstream Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Tin
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002851
MRDS ID A015329
Record type Site
Current site name Goldstream Creek Placer
Related records 10000523, 10160666

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.65295, 64.94134 (WGS84)
Relative position 7-10 MILES NNE OF FAIRBANKS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbanks D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks(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-410, LOC. 53. TAILINGS AS MUCH AS 5 MILES LONG AND 1 MILE WIDE VISIBLE ON FAIRBANKS (D-2). COORDINATES GIVEN FOR MILL NEAR CENTER OF TAILINGS. 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
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Gold Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) Qs
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • STREAM FORMED BY CONFLUENCE OF GILMORE AND PEDRO CREEKS. ; REG.COM: PLACER SCHEELITE FROM NEARBY LODES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on development

  • AREA WAS MINED BY DRIFT AND OPEN CUT 1903-25, FOLLOWED BY DREDGING IN 1928-42 AND 1955-58.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN STREAM AND BENCH PLACERS. DEPTH TO BEDROCK IS 14 TO 200 FT. COURSE OF PRODUCTIVE GROUND DIVERGES FROM THAT OF CREEK. PRODUCTIVE GROUND AVERAGES 6 FT. THICK. ABUNDANT PLACER SCHEELITE.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT UNDER 50 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-87 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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