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Step Gulch Placer

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tin, REE
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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. Ore body information
  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 10003239
MRDS ID A016057
Record type Site
Current site name Step Gulch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.22706, 65.91847 (WGS84)
Relative position UPPER PORTION OF STEP GULCH CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bering Straits Native Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS BULLETIN 1024-C, PLATE 10, SAMPLE 1219. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Monazite Ore

Analytical data

Result MAX EU OF GRAVEL IN PLACE: 0.0001%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -166.22706, 65.91847
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 396.24M
    Width 19.81M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Port Clarence/Ear Mt.

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit MINOR AMOUNTS OF CASSITERITE, MONAZITE, AND ZIRCON IN SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE PLACER SAMPLE CONCENTRATE; ESTIMATED VOLUME OF GRAVEL: (HEAD OF GULCH TO MOUNTAIN FRONT) 84,500 CY IN DEPOSIT 1300 FT LONG BY 65 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald 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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