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Quartz Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097579
MRDS ID A015718
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.32277, 65.49107 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goodhope-Spafarief Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-389, LOC. 32. PLACER GROUND IN HEADWATER SECTION OF THE SOUTH FORK OF QUARTZ CREEK. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF PLACER. 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
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Platinum Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.32277, 65.49107
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: CREEK HEADS IN SYENITE OF GRANITE MOUNTAIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fairhaven

Comments on development

  • PLACER GOLD MINING AND THE RECOVERY OF A LITTLE PLATINUM IN MOST YEARS WAS REPORTED FORM 1927 TO 1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN STREAM PLACER, PLACER GROUND APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE LONG.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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