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Duncan Creek Drift Mine

Past Producer in Yukon Territory*, Canada with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065840
MRDS ID TC41272
Record type Site
Current site name Duncan Creek Drift Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.3191, 63.89987 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Yukon Territory*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINENESS: 825 (AU)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.3191, 63.89987
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AU CONCENTRATED ON BEDROCK; CONCENTRATE CONTAINS MAGNETITE, GARNET AND PYRITE; GRAVELS ARE SANDY TO CLAYEY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1898

Mining district

District name Mayo

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERED 1898; STAKED 1901; PRODUCTION EVALUATED TO 1915; ABOUT 64,000 CM GRAVEL WORKED AFTER 1915 IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS ESTIMATE (NON-DRIFT MINING).

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEELE, 1905; GREEN, 1965, 1966.

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J. AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE DUNCAN CREEK FOR NON-DRIFT PRODUCTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 Orris, Greta J. (Bliss, James D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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