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Disappointment Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038116
MRDS ID M045398
Record type Site
Current site name Disappointment Creek
Alternate or previous names Wilson Creek Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.88627, 61.86597 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 MILES WEST OF RUSSIAN MISSION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russian Mission D-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Russian Mission(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.88627, 61.86597
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 91.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: GREENSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1914-1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1915, P. 65-66 (B622)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1916A, P. 67 (B642)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, S. S., 1917A, P. 26 (BMB 142)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS AND CAPPS, 1924, P. 45 (B755)

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    6) SMITH, P. S., 1939A, P. 54 (B910)

  • Deposit

    7) SMITH, P. S., 1941, P. 46 (B926-A)

  • Deposit

    8) WEST, 1954, P. 8 (C328)

  • Deposit

    9) HOARE AND COONRAD, 1959B (I-292)

  • Deposit

    10) COBB, 1972, P. 89 (OF 508)

  • Deposit

    11) COBB, 1972 (MF 444)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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