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Rose Creek-New Years Pup Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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 10002855
MRDS ID A015335
Record type Site
Current site name Rose Creek-New Years Pup Placer
Related records 10160753

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.52378, 64.97411 (WGS84)
Relative position 11 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)

Federal lands

NOAA(Federal land areas administered by NOAA)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-410, LOC. 55. TAILINGS MARKED ON FAIRBANKS (D-2) AT MOUTH OF ROSE CREEK. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER OF PLACER GROUND. 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 Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.52378, 64.97411
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on development

  • MINING REPORTED ON ROSE CR. AND NEW YEARS PUP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER GOLD MINED ON ROSE CR. AND NEW YEARS PUP. SCHEELITE FROM NEARBY LODES.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT 100-150 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-JUN-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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