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Quartz 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. 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 10097507
MRDS ID A011531
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Creek Placer
Related records 10210015

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -145.40673, 61.4949 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position CONFLUENCE OF BEAR CR. AND QUARTZ CR. CHOSEN TO REPRESENT THE SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS MF-438, LOC. 89 AND DESCRIPTION IN USGS BULL 662 OF GOLD CAMP ON QUARTZ CR. NEAR MOUTH OF BEAR CREEK 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) -145.40673, 61.4949
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: SLATE, SILICEOUSSCHIST AND GRAYWACKE OF CRETACEOUS VALDEZ GROUP ; REG.COM: PROBABLY DERIVED FROM CURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS IN N-S JOINTS IN VALDEZ GROUP ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tiekel

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED ONLY ABOUT 50-60 OZ AU BETWEEN 1898 AND 1899

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED 1898; REPORTED MINED OUT IN 1899

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHALLOW PLACER AU DEPOSIT
Deposit VERY SMALL DEPOSIT; CHARACTERISTIC OF SHALLOW PLACERS FOUND IN AREAS UNDERLAIN BY VALDEZ GROUP TERRANE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

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