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Steel Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
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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 10002987
MRDS ID A015491
Record type Site
Current site name Steel Creek Occurrence
Related records 10257729

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.42525, 65.46078 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(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

Livengood B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Livengood S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood C(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-413, LOC. 74. DEPOSIT THOUGHT TO BE SOMEWHERE IN LOWER MILE OF STEEL 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
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Wolframite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.42525, 65.46078
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IN AREA IS CRETACEOUS GRAYWACKE AND SHALE, HORNFELSIC NEAR THE SMALL FELSIC DIKES THAT ARE POORLY EXPOSED ON HILLS JUST WEST OF THE HEAD OF THE CREEK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer William Burns, Former Territorial Assayer.

Mining district

District name Tolovana

Comments on development

  • NO EVIDENCE OF APPRECIABLE MINING OR PROSPECTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSIDERABLE WOLFRAMITE IN SAMPLE OF PLACER CONCENTRATE. SOME PLACER GOLD PROBABLY PRESENT ALSO, AS IT OCCURS IN A SIMILAR GEOLOGIC SETTING IN THE NEXT SMALL CREEK TO THE EAST.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FT. PER MILE. STEEL CREEK SAID TO BE "ONE OF THE ONLY TWO STREAMS IN THE AREA THAT SUPPORTED PROFITABLE MINING THAT DO NOT DRAIN MONEY KNOB OR AMY DOME." ; 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-JUL-87 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

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