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Duncan Creek

Past Producer in Yukon Territory*, Canada with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099577
MRDS ID TC41273
Record type Site
Current site name Duncan Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.4691, 63.83319 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Yukon Territory*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINENESS: 792-802 (AU)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.4691, 63.83319
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVEL IS STRATIFIED WITH BOULDERS UP TO 60 CM IN DIAMETER; GRAVELS CONTAIN WOLFRAMITE, SCHEELITE, CASSITERITE AND ZIRCON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nugget Drilling

Comments on the production information

  • 51,000 G AU WERE PRODUCED 1980-81; ABOUT 64,000 CM GRAVEL WERE WORKED AFTER 1915 AND PRIOR TO 1965.

Comments on the workings information

  • SLUICE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEBICKI, 1983; KEELE, 1905?; GREEN, 1965, 1966.

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J. AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE DUNCAN CREEK DRIFT MINE FOR DRIFT PRODUCTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 Orris, Greta J. (Bliss, James D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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