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Bismark Creek

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094007
MRDS ID A011865
Record type Site
Current site name Bismark Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.29346, 67.00564 (WGS84)
Relative position Location at the confluence of Bismark Creek and the Shungnak River in T. 19 N., R. 7 E., Kateel River Meridian. Shown as locality 17 in Mayfield and Grybeck (1978). Accurate to 1000 ft. (300 m).??

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ambler River A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ambler River SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ambler River C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kobuk River(hydrologic unit)

Kobuk-Selawik Rivers(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NANA Regional Corporation, Incorporated(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.29346, 67.00564
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Gold on false bedrock in creek gravels up to 20 ft. (6.5 m) deep overlying Pleistocene glacial till. Bismark Creek cuts across bench deposit (Reed, 1931, p. 14-15).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Shungnak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Discrete zones contain 0.04-0.19 oz./cubic yard (1.2-5.9 g/cubic m) gold.

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Reed, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-MAY-1997 K.R. Leonard U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 06-MAY-1997 R.L. Elliott U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 06-MAY-1997 J.M. Schmidt U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 06-MAY-1997 S.W. Nelson 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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