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Thistle 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065852
MRDS ID TC41289
Record type Site
Current site name Thistle Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -139.28583, 63.0831 (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

  • 848-895 (AU)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -139.28583, 63.0831
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD CONCENTRATED AT BEDROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dawson

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Yukon Gold Placers; Gold Mark Minerals

Comments on the production information

  • STAKED 1898; DREDGED 1949-1952.

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEBICKI, 1983, 1984; MCCONNELL, 1902.

  • 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 NUGGETS UP TO 4.6 OZ.

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

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