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California Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003042
MRDS ID A015565
Record type Site
Current site name California Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.60304, 64.33286 (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

Ruby B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Kantishna River SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ruby(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • TRIBUTARY OF THE TITNA RIVER. 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.60304, 64.33286
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CREEK DRAINS SMALL GRANITIC STOCK THAT INTRUDES CALCAREOUS SCHISTS. DIORITIC STOCK ABOUT .8 KM IN DIAMETER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY WORKED IN OR ABOUT 1970-73; INACTIVE IN 1975 AND 1976. SEVERAL CUTS MINED FOR PLACER GOLD; ALSO EVIDENCE OF PLACER PROSPECT DRILL HOLE LINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 84, LOC. 11

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 77-168 B, P. 44, LOC. 29

  • Deposit

    USGS 1976 (P 1000), P. 5.

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 81-170, P. 31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER GOLD REPORTED. NO DATA ON GOLD CONTENT.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET 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-JUL-87 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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