Morningstar Creek Placer

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094002
MRDS ID A011825
Record type Site
Current site name Morningstar Creek Placer
Related records 10137062

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -145.55554, 63.69857 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hayes C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Hayes C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 79-238, FIG. 3, LOC. 4 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -145.55554, 63.69857

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REG.COM: AU PROBABLY DERIVED FROM TERTIARY GRAVEL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delta River

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • PLACER CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1954 REPORTED IDLE IN 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTING FOR PLACER AU TOOK PLACE ON BOTH MORNING STAR AND MCCUMBER CREEKS; NOT VERY SUCCESSFULLY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit PLACER AU PROSPECTING IN DRAINAGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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