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Highet Creek

Past Producer in Yukon Territory*, Canada with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065844
MRDS ID TC41278
Record type Site
Current site name Highet Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.15245, 63.74985 (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
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 800 (AU)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -136.15245, 63.74985
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN PLACES THE GRAVELS CONTAIN A 2 FT BARREN HORIZON; BOULDERS FORM ABOUT 30% OF THE GRAVELS IN SOME AREAS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1903

Mining district

District name Mayo

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERED 1903, PRODUCTION TO 1916 WAS 28,900 OZ AU; EARLY DRIFT MINING; PRODUCTION INTERMITTENT TO AT LEAST 1982.

Comments on the workings information

  • SLUICE, DREDGE, HYDRAULIC, DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GREEN, 1965, 1966; DEBICKI, 1982, 1983.

  • 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.

Reporter information

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

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