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Coyote Creek

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003255
MRDS ID A016077
Record type Site
Current site name Coyote Creek
Related records 10111868

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.28642, 65.20317 (WGS84)
Relative position Coyote Creek is a north-flowing stream whose mouth is on the south shore of Grantley Harbor, 1.75 miles southeast of Teller. Mining operations as mapped by Sainsbury and others (1969) took place along 0.6 miles of the main drainage between elevations of 245 and 320 feet. This is locality 85 of Cobb and Sainsbury (1972). Cobb (1975) summarized relevant references under the name 'Coyote 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 A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Teller Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -166.28642, 65.20317
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Bedrock in the Coyote Creek drainage is a metapelitic sequence with local metamorphosed mafic intrusive bodies (Sainsbury, 1972). In places, the retrograded greenschist facies mafic bodies preserve remnant blueschist facies minerals. The age of this assemblage is unknown but it is probably Paleozoic. Placer mining operations have taken place along 0.6 miles of the main drainage between elevations of 245 and 320 feet (Sainsbury and others, 1969). These non-float operations took place primarily between 1920 and 1940 (Cobb, 1975). The character of the placer deposit has not been described.
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Port Clarence

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Not known

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = Not defined

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Various kinds of open-cut, non-float operations have taken place along 0.6 miles of the main drainage between elevations of 245 and 320 feet .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Sainsbury and others, 1969; Cobb, 1975?

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Alluvial Au placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAY-1998 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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