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Rainbow 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. 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 10003418
MRDS ID A106175
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.64263, 61.00953 (WGS84)
Relative position Prospect located near banks of Rainbow Creek, 1,500 ft upstream from Seward Highway. Accurate within 0.5 mile. Locality 69 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anchorage(Municipality)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage A-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Anchorage(hydrologic unit)

Knik Arm(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

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) -149.64263, 61.00953
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Placer gold operation, little information available. Lithologies present in creek include graywacke, sandstone, argillite, dike material, and greenstone of the Mesozoic McHugh Complex.
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Anchorage

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Some mining occurred before 1906, but hydraulic plant not working in 1906 (Paige and Knopf, 1907). Hydraulic pipe being brought in during 1937 and development reported in 1938 (Smith, 1939). Limited data available.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Smith, 1939

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 D.P. Bickerstaff U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 S.W. Huss 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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