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Meketchum Creek Placer

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10003031
MRDS ID A015549
Record type Site
Current site name Meketchum Creek Placer
Related records 10282325

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.44473, 64.20782 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(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 A-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. 26 PLACER GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FEET UPSTREAM FROM INTERSECTION OF WINTER TRAIL AND LIGHT-DUTY ROAD MARKED IN THE NW CORNER OF RUBY (A-5). 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
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result MEAN OF 2 ASSAYS SHOWS FINENESS 918 PARTS AU AND 76 PARTS AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.44473, 64.20782
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Ruby

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • ALL GROUND SOLIDLY FROZEN AND UNDERGROUND WORK REQUIRES LITTLE TIMBERING.

Comments on development

  • GOLD DISCOVERED, 1917; DRIFT MINING REPORTED 1929-34.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAY STREAK LOCATED IN PRESENT VALLEY FLOOR ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF CREEK, CLOSE TO CREEK AND AT PLACES TOUCHING IT. AT SITE OF DISCOVERY CLAIM PAY STREAK IS 40 FEET WIDE; REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN TRACED 3,000 FEET UPSTREAM AND TO NARROW SOMEWHAT IN THAT DIRECTION. GROUND ABOUT 80 FEET DEEP AT SITE OF DISCOVERY; 60-70 FEET OF MUCK OVER 10-20 FEET OF GRAVEL IN WHICH GOLD IS MORE OR LESS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED. FURTHER UPSTREAM THE GRAVEL THINS TO 2 OR 3 FEET AND THE GOLD OCCURS MAINLY ON OR NEAR BEDROCK.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 125 FEET PER MILE IN AREA MINED. DISCOVERY CLAIM CALLED "RED DOG" CLAIM IN LITERATURE. ; 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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