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Crooked Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101010
MRDS ID A015132
Record type Site
Current site name Crooked Creek Placer
Related records 10185726

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.66248, 64.92978 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 MILES NW OF EAGLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 29. ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF SEVENTYMILE RIVER FALLS. DEPOSIT ADJACENT TO VILLAGE AND LANDING STRIP MARKED CROOKED CREEK ON EAGLE (D-2). 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
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PUREST GOLD IN SEVENTYMILE RIVER REGION.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Galena Unknown
Silver Unknown

Analytical data

Result FINENESS OF 20 ASSAYS AVERAGED 902 PARTS AU AND 92 PARTS AG. SEE REF. 3, P. 254.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) TKs
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tintina Fault

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M
    Width 82.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVENTY MILE RIVER FOLLOWS TRACE OF TINTINA FAULT IN EAGLE (D-2). ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE, SANDSTONE, AND SHALE. ; REG.COM: GOLD BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN RECONCENTRATED FROM CONGLOMERATES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eagle

Comments on development

  • MINED MAINLY BY HYDRAULIC METHODS 1909-40.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN ALL PARTS OF GRAVEL ALONG LOWER 2 MILES OF CREEK. GRAVEL 5-8 FT THICK OVERLAIN BY 3-4 FT OF MUCK. SOME SMALL SILVER NUGGETS RECOVERED WITH GOLD.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT 100-150 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-APR-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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