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Gold Creek Placers

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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107523
MRDS ID A012042
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Little Basin, Middle Flat

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.36562, 58.31531 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynn Canal(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION OF GOLD CREEK BELOW SILVERBOW BASIN AND ABOVE EBNER FALLS KNOWN AS MIDDLE FLAT; SMALL VALLEY THAT PARALLELS DRAINAGE TUNNEL IN S E, SEC. 18, T. 41 S, R. 68 E KNOWN AS LITTLE BASIN; PLACER GOLD OCCURS ALL ALONG GOLD CR. AND TRIBS. 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) -134.36562, 58.31531
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REG.COM: SOURCE OF AU UNDOUBTEDLY THE ALASKA-JUNEAU LODE SYSTEM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1881
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name Juneau

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED 1880; LARGE SCALE MINING 1881-1903; INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION THROUGH 1940; 13 PATENTED AND 3 UNPATENTED PLACER CLAIMS. (INCLUDING SILVERBOW BASIN AND LAST CHANCE BASIN)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 18TH ANNUAL REPORT, PART 3, P. 71-72

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 263, P. 141-142

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 287, P. 2-3, 57-60

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 60, P. 4, 14-16, 28, 99, 139-140

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J161

  • Other Database

    BAG-OFR-85-717-161

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESIDUAL PLACERS ON EXPOSURES OF ALASKA JUNEAU LODE SYSTEM, ELUVI AL PLACERS AND STREAM PLACERS OCCUR ALL ALONG THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM; SOME LOW GRADE CONCENTRATIONS OF GOLD IN GLACIAL MORAINES; LITTLE BASIN SECTION CONTAINS SEVERAL ACRES OF GRAVEL AVERAGING 20 FT DEEP; MIDDLE FLAT IS LOW GRADE SECTION OF GRAVELS 2500 FT LONG BY 100-200 FT WIDE WITH VARYING THICKNESS
Deposit 4 MAJOR ACCUMULATIONS OF GRAVELS ALONG GOLD CREEK: SILVERBOW BASIN, MIDDLE FLAT, LITTLE BASIN AND LAST CHANCE BASIN; SEE ALSO: SILVERBOW BASIN, LAST CHANCE BASIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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