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Iron Creek Placers

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100979
MRDS ID A012673
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Dome Cr., Telegram Cr. Telegraph Cr., Secondary Tribs.: Adverturess Cr., Barney Cr., Bob's Cr.,, Chickamin Gulch, Discovery Cr., Dividend Cr., Easy Eagle Cr.,, Hardluck Hobo Cr., Oversight Cr., Penny Cr., Rabbit Cr.,, Ready Bullion Cr., Rocky Cr., Shoal Cr.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.69913, 64.88848 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position TRIB. OF KRUZGAMEPA (PILGRAM) RIVER, Reference Point In Placer Area

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-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • KNOWN AS IRON CR. FROM MOUTH TO CANYON CR., AS DOME CR. FROM CANYON CR. TO ELDORADO CR., AND AS TELEGRAM CR. FROM ELDORADO CR. SOUTHWARD; LOCATION GIVEN FOR MOUTH OF DISCOVERY CR. ON DOME CR. SECTION. 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
Mercury Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CINNABAR FOUND IN CONC. FROM DOME CR. SECTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Garnet Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Cinnabar Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -164.69913, 64.88848
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREENSTONE BOULDERS IN GRAVEL. ; MAJOR.UNITS: GREENSCHIST GRADE CHLORITIC AND GRAPHITIC SCHIST AND MARBLE, WITH SPARSE TO MODERATELY ABUNDANT METAMAFIC BODIES ; REG.COM: LOCALLY DERIVED; REPORT OF AURIFEROUS SULFIDES IN SCHIST BEDROCK AND PLACER CONC. NEAR MOUTH OF EASY CR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Kougarok

Comments on the production information

  • IRON CR. AREA ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT 10% OF THE 6872 KG AU AND 300 KG AG PRODUCED IN THE KOUGAROK DISTRICT, USGS OFR 78-1-C, P. 41.

Comments on the workings information

  • SLUICE IN TUNNEL, CRICA 1908, WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL; TUNNEL CONNECTED IRON CR AND KRUZGAMEPA (PILGRIM) CR. WHERE THEY ARE ONLY 1500 FT APART; MOSTLY SMALL SCALE METHODS USED; DREDGE OPERATED ON DOME CR. SECTON, 1939-40 OR 41; ATTEMPT AT HYDRAULIC MINING NEAR MOUTH OF DISCOVERY CR IN 1906 FAILED; MOST OF DRAINAGE WORKED MORE THAN ONCE.

Comments on development

  • MINING 1900-1914, 1937-38 ON PRIMARY DRAINAGE; MINING ON SMALL SECONDARY TRIBS. MAINLY BEFORE 1908-9; DREDGE OPERATED ON DOME CR. SECTION FROM 1939 TO 1940 OR 41.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM AND BENCH GRAVELS; SHALLOW, GENERALLY LOW GRADE WITH IRREGULAR PAY STREAKS; AU CONCENTRATED ON SCHIST BEDROCK OR CLAY LAYERS IN GRAVELS; OLD CHANNEL OF IRON CR. WAS MINED NEAR MOUTH OF EASY CR. (NOW CALLED EAGLE CR.); AURIFEROUS BENCH SAND DEPOSIT 3-6 FT DEEP IN CHICKAMIN GULCH, NEAR MOUTH OF LEFT FORK, WAS APPARENTLY NEVER MINED; STREAM GRAVELS MINED BETWEEN CANYON AND DISCOVERY CREEKS: 2.5-3.0 FT DEEP, 100 FT WIDE; NEAR MOUTH OF DISCOVERY CR.: 6-8 FT DEEP, 150 FT WIDE; NEAR LEFT FORK: 3-5 FT DEEP, 100-200 FT WIDE; BETWEEN LEFT FORK AND ELDORADO CREEKS: 18 IN - 2 FT, INCLUDING 6-12 IN OF BEDROCK, AND 25-30 FT WIDE; MOST MINING WAS ABOVE DISCOVERY AND BELOW ELDORADO CREEKS.
Deposit WATER LOST TO SUBSURFACE FLOW IN AREAS OVERLAIN BY CARBONATE BEDROCK; SEE ALSO: (BENSON CREEK); (LEFT FORK, DOME CREE,) ; 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-FEB-87 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

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