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Tip Creek Placer Prospect

Occurrence 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. 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 10003046
MRDS ID A015570
Record type Site
Current site name Tip Creek Placer Prospect
Related records 10160265, 10282232

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.26975, 64.41617 (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

  • LOCATION NEAR HEAD OF CREEK, BUT NOT PRECISELY KNOWN. TRIBUTARY OF EASY MONEY 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
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.26975, 64.41617
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VALLEY BROAD AND FLAT

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

  • PROSPECT SHAFTS SUNK TO BEDROCK NEAR HEAD OF CREEK.

Comments on development

  • CONSIDERABLE PROSPECTING REPORTED ABOUT 1912; PROSPECTING CONDITIONS ARE DIFFICULT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD PROSPECTS RICH ENOUGH TO STIMULATE FURTHER WORK FOUND. GROUND ABOUT 80 FEET DEEP.
Deposit CREEK FALLS APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET IN HEADWATER 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-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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