Gilmore Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Bismuth
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009583
MRDS ID D002644
Record type Site
Current site name Gilmore Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.50295, 64.983 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbanks D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NOAA(Federal land areas administered by NOAA)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.50295, 64.983

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COBB, EDWARD H., 1975, TUNGSTEN OCCURRENCES IN ALASKA, USGS MAP, MR-66.

  • Deposit

    BYERS, F. M., JR., 1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT, ALASKA: USGS BULL. 1024-I, P. 179-216.

  • Deposit

    COBB, EDWARD H., 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCE MAP OF THE FAIRBANKS QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-410.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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