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Minnehaha Creek Placer

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101034
MRDS ID A015704
Record type Site
Current site name Minnehaha Creek Placer
Related records 10160107

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.98812, 65.95356 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES NW OF CANDLE

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-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goodhope-Spafarief Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF 389, LOC. 17. TAILINGS MARKED ON NW CORNER OF CANDLE (D-6); 2 MILES WEST OF KIWALIK LAGOON. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF DEPOSIT. 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.98812, 65.95356
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fairhaven

Comments on the workings information

  • 1.5 MILES OF TAILINGS MARKED ON CANDLE (D-6).

Comments on development

  • GOOD PROSPECTS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND BY 1901.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN STREAM PLACER.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT UNDER 50 FEET PER MILE. VERY LITTLE INFORMATION IN LITERATURE. WIDTH AND LENGTH OF TAILINGS SUGGESTS MINNEHAHA CREEK WAS MINED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. ; 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-SEP-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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