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Davis Creek Placer

Past Producer 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10097495
MRDS ID A011015
Record type Site
Current site name Davis Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.44522, 66.9855 (WGS84)
Relative position CREEK JOINS SOUTH FORK KOKUYUK RIVER 4 MI UPSTREAM FROM GOLD BENCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bettles D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bettles NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bettles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
025N 013W Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER EXTENDS 1.5 MI UPSTREAM AND DOWN STREAM FROM LOCATION. 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

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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Koyukuk District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • GRAVELS UNFROZEN AT STREAM MOUTH WITHOUT SURFACE FLOW; WATER PRESENT UPSTREAM

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED EARLY IN HISTORY OF DISTRICT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVELS ARE REPORTED TO BE THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Bliss, James D. (Smith, Zelina T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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