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Meinzer Creek

Prospect 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 10003175
MRDS ID A015710
Record type Site
Current site name Meinzer Creek
Related records 10185181

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.25336, 65.77941 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is approximately a half-mile below the head of Meinzer Creek. The map site is in section 6, T. 4 N., R. 12 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. Cobb, 1972 (MF-389), location 23.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buckland River(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = uranothorianite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.25336, 65.77941
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Bedrock along Meinzer Creek is Upper Cretaceous to Lower Tertiary granitic rock which may contain uranium-bearing minerals. Uranothorianite was identified in a concentrate sample from stream gravels (Gault and others, 1953).
  • Age = Late Cretaceous; Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairhaven

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Several stream-sediment samples were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1947 (Gault and others, 1953).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Gault and others, 1953

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Uranothorianite in stream-sediment concentrate.
Deposit Other Comments = Creek at the headwaters falls approximately 500 feet mile.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JAN-00 Williams, Anita U.S. Geological Survey

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