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Tuttle Creek Placer

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094100
MRDS ID A016055
Record type Site
Current site name Tuttle Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.35096, 65.93763 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIB. OF KUGRUPAGA RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NTVALL(Federal land areas administered by NTVALL)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX. MIDPOINT OF ABOUT 2 MILE SECTION OF CREEK EXPLORED BY DMEA CHURN-DRILLING PROJECT; USBM RI 5493, FIGS. 10, 11. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Axinite Gangue
Danburite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Idocrase Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Zircon Gangue
Monazite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Analytical data

Result INDICATED GRADE OF MINING SECTION: TRACE - 1.28 LB SN/CY, AVG. 0.2 LB SN/CY, USBM RI 5493, TABLE 3, P. 23
Result HEAVY-MIN-CONC. CONTAINED 0.230% EU, REF. 1, P. 82.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -166.35096, 65.93763
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.03M
    Length 4114.8M
    Width 10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mining district

District name Port Clarence/Ear Mt

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • DMEA FINANCED CHURN-DRILLING PROGRAM CONDUCTED BY ALASKA TIN CORP., 1953; 642.5 FEET OF CHURN-DRILL HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBECONOMIC SN PLACER DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit MINOR TO TRACE AMOUNTS OF CASSITERITE, MONAZITE, SCHEELITE, AND GOLD IN SLIGHTLY RADIOACIVE PLACER SAMPLE CONCENTRATES; INDICATED DEPTH OF MINING SECTION: 2.5-16.5 FT INCLUDING 1 FT OF BEDROCK; ESTIMATED VOLUME OF GRAVEL IN TUTTLE CR. DRAINAGE: 426,000 CY IN DEPOSIT 13,500 FT IN LENGTH AND 10-35 FT IN WIDTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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