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Bird Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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. 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 10009626
MRDS ID D002715
Record type Site
Current site name Bird Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.90279, 62.56621 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yentna 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
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.90279, 62.56621
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BEDROCK SLATE

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

    MERTIE, J. B., JR., 1919, PLATINUM-BEARING GOLD PLACERS OF THE KAHILTNA VALLEY: USGS BULL. 692, P. 233-264.

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.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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