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Flat Creek Placer Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003026
MRDS ID A015543
Record type Site
Current site name Flat Creek Placer Prospect
Related records 10136191

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.55308, 64.33282 (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-6(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. 21. DUMP PILES AT PROSPECT PITS ABOUT 1.5 MILES UPSTREAM FROM THE WINTER TRAIL CROSSING MARKED ON RUBY (B-6). 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
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.55308, 64.33282
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SCHIST IN UPPER COURSE; CUTS BENCHES OF LONG CREEK NEAR MOUTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ruby

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • GROUND FROZEN, EXCEPT CLOSE TO CREEK.

Comments on development

  • MINING REPORTED BETWEEN 1931 AND 1940, BUT ANOTHER REPORT INDICATED VERY LITTLE MINING DURING THIS PERIOD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-405 (B-6), LOC. 21

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 239, P. 48

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 85, LOC. 18.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND TRACES OF CASSITERITE WERE REPORTED FROM PROSPECT HOLES DUG IN 1938; NONE COULD BE FOUND IN SAMPLES OF THE DUMPS TAKEN IN 1942. POSSIBLY THE MINING WAS ON BENCHES OF LONG CREEK THAT WERE CUT BY FLAT CREEK. MUCK AND GRAVEL WERE 14 FT. THICK AT PROSPECT PITS.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 100-200 FEET PER MILE EAST OF WINTER TRAIL MARKED ON RUBY (B-6). SOME OF REFERENCES REPORTING MINING MAY REFLECT CONFUSION BETWEEN THIS FLAT CR. AND ANOTHER FLAT CR. TRIBUTARY OF TIMBER CR. NEAR POORMAN. ; 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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