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Peters Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  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 10003481
MRDS ID A106239
Record type Site
Current site name Peters Creek
Alternate or previous names Peterson Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.29269, 61.87956 (WGS84)
Relative position In basin of largest northern tributary at Peters Creek headwaters. Peters Creek is a tributary to Willow Creek. Accurate within 1 mile. Locality 6 and 7 on plate 1 of Capps and Tuck (1935).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.29269, 61.87956
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Capps and Tuck (1935) reported quartz float containing small amounts of chalcopyrite, bornite, gold, and silver. Sample assay values are as high as 0.02 oz/ton Au and 0.60 oz/ton Ag. Country rock in the area is the highly sheared Late Cretaceous and Tertiary biotite-muscovite granite and Late Cretaceous quartz diorite of the Willow Creek Pluton.? Two samples were assayed. The first sample showed trace amounts of Au and 0.04 oz/ton Ag, while the second showed 0.02 oz/ton Au and 0.60 oz/ton Ag (Capps and Tuck, 1935).
  • Age = Late Cretaceous or younger; host for mineralization is a Late Cretaceous and Tertiary biotite-muscovite granite and Late Cretaceous quartz diorite of the Willow Creek Pluton.
  • Age = Host rock is Tertiay - Late Cretaceous.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Willow Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Two samples were assayed. The first sample showed trace amounts of Au and 0.04 oz/ton Ag, while the second showed 0.02 oz/ton Au and 0.60 oz/ton Ag (Capps and Tuck, 1935).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Capps and Tuck, 1935

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Other Comments = Peters Creek has also been known as Peterson Creek.

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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