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Koopuk Creek

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097580
MRDS ID A015732
Record type Site
Current site name Koopuk Creek
Alternate or previous names Koo-o-puk Creek, Koobuk Creek
Related records 10111885

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -160.96338, 65.96942 (WGS84)
Relative position The Koopuk Creek placer mine is located in the headwaters of Koopuk Creek. The map site is at the boundary of sections 29 and 32, T. 7 N., R. 11 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. Cobb, 1972 (MF-389), location 47.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buckland River(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NANA Regional Corporation, Incorporated(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -160.96338, 65.96942
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Gold was reported to have been mined from a stream placer deposit in Koopuk (Koobuk) Creek in the 1920's. The drainage area of Koopuk Creek is underlain by Cenozoic lava flows.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairhaven

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Gold was reported to have been mined from a stream placer deposit in Koopuk (Koobuk) Creek in the 1920's.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1973 (B 1374)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Deposit Other Comments = Stream gradient 50 to 75 feet per mile.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JAN-00 Williams, Anita U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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