| Deposit ID | 10097505 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A011429 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Run Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | Gold Run Creek Area, Includes Discovery Pup, Poorman Creek. |
| Related records | 10234153 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -141.90834, 62.12776 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | SEE LOCATION COMMENTS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nabesna A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Nabesna SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nabesna(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve(National Preserve)
National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
| (1) | -141.90834, 62.12776 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Chisana |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011429 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | NB077 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011430 |
BROOKS, A.H., 1914, LODE MINING IN THE KETCHIKAN REGION, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 592-B, P. 309-320.
BROOKS, 1915, USGS B 622, P. 202-204, 208-216, 222
BROOKS, 1916, USGS B 642, P. 62
SMITH AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS B 836, P. 41
SMITH AND OTHERS, 1942, USGS B 926-A, P. 53
MOFFIT, F.H., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE ALASKA RANGE AND ADJACENT AREA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 989-D, P. 65-218.
COBB, E.H., 1973, PLACER DEPOSITS OF ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1374, 1 PLATE, 312 P.
RICHTER, D.H., AND JONES, D.L., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NABESNA A-2 QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-749, SCALE 1:63,360.
RICHTER, D.H., AND OTHERS, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE NABESNA QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-655-K, SCALE 1:250,000.
RICHTER, D.H., AND MATSON, N.A., 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE NABESNA QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-422, SCALE 1:250,000.
BAG-MF-655K-63
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CONTRIBUTOR TO CHISANA DISTRICT PRODUCTION OF PLACER GOLD. GOLD HAS ALSO BEEN NOTED DOWNSTREAM FROM GOLD RUN, ON GLACIER AND CHAVOLDA CREEKS, THOUGH NOT IN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS |
| Deposit | DEPOSITS CONSIST OF AURIFEROUS GRAVELS CONTAINING SUBROUNDED SHALE AND GRAYWACKE CLASTS AND SOME WELL-ROUNDED LAVA AND DIORITE CLASTS. TWO PLACER DEPOSITS DESCRIBED IN BROOKS (1915): ONE IS 150 FT BY 15 FT WITH 4.5-TO 5-FT-DEEP GRAVEL AND ONE IS A 500 FT BY 40 FT SECTION OF FROZEN GRAVELS RUNNING 11 TO 15 FT DEEP. TOP 1 TO 4 FT OF RIPPABLE BEDROCK WAS ALSO SLUICED. THE LAVA AND DIORITE CLASTS IN THE STREAM GRAVELS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM TERTIARY GRAVELS CAPPING GOLD HILL TO SOUTHEAST OF PLACER AREA. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1985 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | ARDF AND MRDS MERGED RECORD |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1997 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 06-MAR-1998 | Mason, George | U.S. Geological Survey |
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