Slate Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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 10038105
MRDS ID M045386
Record type Site
Current site name Slate Creek
Alternate or previous names Algren and Associates, California, Coles, Jacobson, Kramer and Levell, Elmer, Walker and Watkins, Goldfield Consolidated Mining Co., Hobbs Enterprises, Kreamer, Leavell and Hemper, M.E.W. Gold Mining Co., Mc Dowell, Meyer and Prolig, Monte Cristo Mining Co., Schroeder, Slate Creek Mining Co., Slate Creek Placer, Inc., Sundt, Tacoma

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.83602, 63.16635 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MILES EAST PAXON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hayes A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Hayes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.83602, 63.16635

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1908-1912, 1914-1916, 1918-1940

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERED IN 1900

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MENDENHALL AND SCHRADER, 1903A, P. 49, 53-54 (P15)

  • Deposit

    MENDENHALL, 1903, P. 71-73 (B213)

  • Deposit

    MENDENHALL, 1905, P. 111-112 (P41)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1904, P. 47 (B225)

  • Deposit

    5) PURINGTON, 1905B, P. 207 (B263)

  • Deposit

    6) MOFFIT, 1909, P. 157 (B379)

  • Deposit

    7) BROOKS, 1910, P. 42 (B442)

  • Deposit

    8) MOFFIT, 1911, P. 124-125 (B480)

  • Deposit

    9) MOFFIT, 1912A, P. 56, 70-74 (B498)

  • Deposit

    10) BROOKS, 1912A, P. 37 (B520)

  • Deposit

    11) BROOKS, 1913, P. 43 (B542)

  • Deposit

    12) BROOKS, 1915, P. 45 (B622)

  • Deposit

    13) BROOKS, 1916A, P. 54 (B642)

  • Deposit

    14) SMITH, S.S., 1917B, P. 33 (BMB 153)

  • Deposit

    15) BROOKS, 1918, P. 21-22, 43 (B662)

  • Deposit

    16) BROOKS, 1919, P. 96 (B666)

  • Deposit

    17) MARTIN, 1919, P. 21, 30-31

  • Deposit

    18) BROOKS, 1921, P. 38 (B714)

  • Deposit

    19) BROOKS AND MARTIN, 1921, P. 71 (B714)

  • Deposit

    20) BROOKS, 1922, P. 23, 39 (B722)

  • Deposit

    21) BROOKS, 1923, P. 13, 23 (B739)

  • Deposit

    22) BROOKS AND CAPPS, 1924, P. 28 (B755)

  • Deposit

    23) BROOKS, 1925, P. 30 (B773)

  • Deposit

    24) SMITH, P. S., 1926, P. 12, 25 (B783)

  • Deposit

    25) MOFFIT, 1927B, P. 33 (B792)

  • Deposit

    26) SMITH, P. S., 1929, P. 16, 40 (B797)

  • Deposit

    27) SMITH, P. S., 1930A, P. 22 (B810)

  • Deposit

    28) SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 24 (B813)

  • Deposit

    29) SMITH, P. S., 1932, P. 28 (B824)

  • Deposit

    30) SMITH, P. S., 1933A, P. 28 (B836)

  • Deposit

    31) SMITH, P. S., 1933B, P. 28 (B844-A)

  • Deposit

    32) SMITH, P. S., 1934A, P. 26-27 (B857-A)

  • Deposit

    33) SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 30 (B864-A)

  • Deposit

    34) SMITH, P. S., 1936, P. 31 (B868-A)

  • Deposit

    35) SMITH, P. S., 1937, P. 35 (B880-A)

  • Deposit

    36) MOFFIT, 1937, P. 1

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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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