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Unnamed (at east end of Devils Canyon)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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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 10003519
MRDS ID A106277
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (at east end of Devils Canyon)
Alternate or previous names Devil's Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.19277, 62.80958 (WGS84)
Relative position Several sample sites along 8-mi (12.8-km) section of Talkeetna River in Devil's Canyon; longitude extends from 149.09 to 149.29. Location accurate to within 1/4 mi (400 m)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna Mountains D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Knikatnu, Incorporated(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
Platinum Critical Secondary

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) -149.19277, 62.80958
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Alluvial deposits.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Analyses of stream-sediment samples collected from several sites along Susitna River yielded up to 0.002 oz/yd3 Au, 120 ppm Ag, 0.2% Cu, 0.2% Zn, 0.86 ppm Pt (Kurtak and others, 1992).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kurtak, J.M., Southworth, D.D., Balen, M.D., and Clautice, K.H., 1992, Mineral investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, south-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-92, 659 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Kurtak and others, 1992

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1996 Riehle, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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