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Flint Creek Placer Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Rhenium, Thorium, Tin, Uranium
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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 10003023
MRDS ID A015539
Record type Site
Current site name Flint Creek Placer Prospect
Related records 10136457

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.35308, 64.3995 (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

Ruby B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ruby S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ruby(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-405, LOC. 17, 20. ONLY GOOD PROSPECTS ON BENCH ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF CREEK BETWEEN GOLD RUN AND ELDORADO CREEKS. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR LOCATION 17, NEAR MOUTH OF GOLD RUN. 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 Secondary
Rhenium Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Allanite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Sphene Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CREEK DRAINS CONTACT ZONE OF A GRANITE BODY. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK AT ONE LOCALITY IN HEADWATER SECTION OF CREEK REPORTED TO BE QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1911

Mining district

District name Ruby

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDED A SHAFT 40 FT. DEEP AND A CROSSCUT 100 FT. LONG.

Comments on development

  • NO MINING REPORTED. IN 1911, 40 FT.2 OF BEDROCK PROSPECTED BY A CROSSCUT AT A DEPTH OF 60 FT. RETURNED $1 PER FT.2 OF BEDROCK (GOLD AT $20.67). OTHER PROSPECTING WAS LESS SUCCESSFUL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD PROSPECTS DISCOVERED IN 1911 PROVED TO BE OF LOW GRADE AND SMALL EXTENT. SOME CASSITERITE IN HEADWATER TRIBUTANES, BUT NOT IN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 50 FT. PER MILE. LOCATION DESCRIPTION FOR ENTIRE LENGTH OF CREEK. ; 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-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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