Kenyon Creek

Producer in Yukon Territory*, Canada with commodities Gold, Platinum, PGE
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039287
MRDS ID M046902
Record type Site
Current site name Kenyon Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.0025, 62.49973 (WGS84)
Relative position 60 MILES SW DAWSON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nabesna B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nabesna SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nabesna(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Yukon Territory*

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.0025, 62.49973

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1976

Mining district

District name Whitehorse Division

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Claymore Resources, Precambrian Shield Resources, And Solar Construction Northern

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION AT RATE OF 1300 TPD GRAVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING MINING JOUR., 1977 , YUKON: ENG. MIN. JOUR, APRIL 1977

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1976 - 1977 , NORTHERN MINER, P. 75

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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