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Granite Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103633
MRDS ID M045392
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.43643, 64.34947 (WGS84)
Relative position 27 MI. SOUTH OF RUBY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nulato B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nulato SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nulato(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = NULATO 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -156.43643, 64.34947
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1907-1961

Mining district

District name Ruby District

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1926, P. 25 (B783)

  • Deposit

    MOFFIT, 1927B, P. 33 (B792)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1929, P. 40 (B797)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1930A, P. 53 (B810)

  • Deposit

    5) SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 60 (B813)

  • Deposit

    6) SMITH, P. S., 1932, P. 67 (B824)

  • Deposit

    7) SMITH, P. S., 1933A, P. 69 (B836)

  • Deposit

    8) SMITH, P. S., 1933B, P. 67 (B844-A)

  • Deposit

    9) MERTIE, 1936, P. 158 (B864-C)

  • Deposit

    10) SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 84 (B897-A)

  • Deposit

    11) SMITH, P. S., 1939A, P. 90 (B910-A)

  • Deposit

    12) JOESTING, 1942, P. 20 (TDM 1)

  • Deposit

    13) COBB, 1972, P. 94-95 (OF 508)

  • Deposit

    14) COBB, 1972 (MF 405)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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