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Council Area

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100946
MRDS ID A010717
Record type Site
Current site name Council Area
Alternate or previous names Ophir Creek, Camp Creek, Niukluk River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -163.67551, 64.89377 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Solomon NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Council Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 55 SQ MI. NORTH AND WEST OF GIVEN LOCATION 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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -163.67551, 64.89377
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED QUARTZ AND CALCITE IN GRAVELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1898
Year of last production 1968

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED BETWEEN 100,000 AND 250,000 TO Z AU

Comments on development

  • MOST PRODUCTION IN YEARS 1898-1902, THROUGH DREDGES OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 1374, P. 61-65

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 78-181, P. 36,65, 106,110-112

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRIBUTARIES OF NIUKLUK RIVER HAD PRODUCTIVE CREEK BEDS. THE RIVER ITSELF PRODUCED FROM ITS BENCHES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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