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Bear Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Platinum
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038110
MRDS ID M045391
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Creek
Alternate or previous names New York-Alaska Gold Dredging Corporation

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.77783, 61.04933 (WGS84)
Relative position 39 MI. SOUTH OF ANIAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russian Mission A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Russian Mission SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Russian Mission(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
Gold Primary
Mercury Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -159.77783, 61.04933
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1909-1940

Mining district

District name Aniak District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MADDREN, 1910A, P. 63 (B410)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1911B, P. 40 (B480)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1913, P. 46 (B542)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1914A, P. 70-71 (B592)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1915, P. 67 (B622)

  • Deposit

    MADDREN, 1915, P. 303, 309-321, 324-325, 327-330 (B622)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1916A, P. 68 (B642)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1922, P. 60 (B722)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1926, P. 15 (B783)

  • Deposit

    MOFFIT, 1927B, P. 20 (B792)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1929, P. 24, 30 (B797)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1930A, P. 31-32, 40 (B810)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 36, 47 (B813)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1932, P. 52 (B824)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1933A, P. 43, 55 (B836)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1933B, P. 44, 54 (B844-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1934A, P. 41, 51 (B857-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 46, 57 (B864-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1936, P. 46-47, 59 (B868-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1937, P. 49, 61 (B880-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 58, 71 (B897-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1934A, P. 61, 76-77 (B910-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1939B, P. 60, 75 (B917-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1941, P. 56-57, 71 (B926-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1942B, P. 53, 68 (B933-A)

  • Deposit

    HOARE AND COONRAD, 1959B (I-292)

  • Deposit

    KOSCHMANN AND BERGENDAHL, 1968, P. 16 (P610)

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, P. 89-90 (P630)

  • Deposit

    COBB, 1972, P. 27 (OF 508)

  • Deposit

    COBB, 1972 (MF 444)

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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