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Thanksgiving Creek Placer

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107545
MRDS ID A015212
Record type Site
Current site name Thanksgiving Creek Placer
Related records 10111695

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.36972, 65.1774 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanana A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tanana SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tanana(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-371, LOC. 38. DEPOSIT NEAR HEAD OF THANKSGIVING CREEK, A SMALL GULCH IN THE BROAD BENCH NORTH OF BAKER CR. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER OF TAILINGS MARKED IN TANANA (A-1). 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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.36972, 65.1774
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.74M
    Width 13.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CREEK CROSSES BROAD BENCH NORTH OF BAKER CREEK. GRAVEL MIXED WITH STICKY YELLOW CLAY. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS SCHISTOSE GRIT, SHALE, AND SILTSTONE CUT BY WHITE QUARTZ VENIS. ; REG.COM: GOLD PROBABLY FROM SMALL QUARTZ VEINS IN SCHISTOSE ROCKS RATHER THAN FROM BENCH GRAVELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Hot Springs

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anthony Lanning
    Home office Manley Hot Springs, Ak 99756
    First year 1975

Comments on development

  • SPORATIC MINING 1903 THROUGH AT LEAST 1975. DITCH BUILT, 1907. MINED IN 1975 BY BULLDOZER AND SLUICING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN GRAVEL. PAY STREAK 25-45 FT. WIDE AND 1.5-9 FT. THICK; SOME GOLD IN OVERLYING 10-12 FT. OF MUCK. BEDROCK 6-18 FT. DEEP.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FT. 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-MAY-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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