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Squirrel Creek

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Platinum, Gold, Chromium, Iridium, Osmium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Workings at the site
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038101
MRDS ID M045381
Record type Site
Current site name Squirrel Creek
Alternate or previous names Goodnews Bay Mining Co., Moeck and Wolters, St. Clair, Strandberg & Sons, Thompson and St. Clair

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.73601, 58.93258 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES SOUTH OF PLATINUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hagemeister Island D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Hagemeister Strait(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hagemeister Island(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Calista Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary
Ruthenium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result PT = 68.69 %, IR = 13.19 %, OS = 3.25 %, RU = .25 %, RH = 1.38 %, PD = .27%, AU = . 41 %, FROM ANALYSIS OF PLACER PT METALS

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.73601, 58.93258
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 2413.95M
    Width 167.64M
    Depth to top 3.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PLATINUM DISCOVERED IN 1928, A 1.5 OZ PT NUGGET FOUND PRIOR TO 1937

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 2413.95M
    Overall width 167.64M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1930, P. 60 (B810)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1932, P. 66 (B824)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1933A, P. 68 (B836)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1933B, P. 66 (B844-A)

  • Deposit

    5) SMITH, P. S., 1934A, P. 62 (B857-A)

  • Deposit

    6) SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 67 (B864-A)

  • Deposit

    7) SMITH, P. S., 1936, P. 70 (B868-A)

  • Deposit

    8) SMITH, P. S., 1937, P. 73 (B880-A)

  • Deposit

    9) SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 83 (B897-A)

  • Deposit

    10) MERTIE, 1939, P. 125-126 (B910-B)

  • Deposit

    11) MERTIE, 1940, P. 57-58, 64-65, 85 (B918)

  • Deposit

    12) SMITH, P. S., 1942B, P. 73-74 (B933-A)

  • Deposit

    13) MERTIE, 1969, P. 77, 81, 85 (P630)

  • Deposit

    14) COBB, 1972 (MF 362)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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