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Eldorado Creek Placer

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities REE, Tin, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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 10003243
MRDS ID A016061
Record type Site
Current site name Eldorado Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.20263, 65.93513 (WGS84)
Relative position HEAD OF ELDORADO CR.

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, INSET A, SAMPLE 1181; NUMEROUS SAMPLES CONTAINING MINOR AMOUNTS OF RADIOACTIVE MINERALS TAKEN FROM HEADWATER GULLIES. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Monazite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Xenotime Ore

Analytical data

Result PANNED CONC: 0.029% EU
Result 0.02% U (REMAINDER TH?)
Result REF. 1, P. 80

Nearby scientific data

(1) -166.20263, 65.93513
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Serpentine/Ear Mt.

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR AMOUNTS OF CASSITERITE AND RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN STREAM SED. SAMPLES.
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-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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