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Illinois 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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003051
MRDS ID A015575
Record type Site
Current site name Illinois Creek Placer
Related records 10136264

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.13091, 65.27179 (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

Melozitna B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tanana SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Melozitna(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-396, LOC. 6. PLACER GOLD MINED ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF GRANT CREEK. DEPOSIT ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF SWITCHBACK MOUNTAIN. 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) -153.13091, 65.27179
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Melozitna

Comments on the workings information

  • HOLE SUNK 133 FEET AND THEN ABANDONED ON ACCOUNT OF LIVE WATER DID NOT REACH BEDROCK.

Comments on development

  • PLACER GOLD PROSPECTS REPORTED IN 1911. UNDERGROUND MINING REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-396 (B-1), LOC. 6

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 535, P. 34

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 239, P. 16

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 81-847 A, P. A8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT UNDER 50 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.
Deposit SEVERAL BEDS CONTAINED FINE GOLD. GROUND OVER 133 FEET DEEP; GROUND IN PART UNFROZEN.

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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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