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Humboldt Creek Area Mine

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tin, Lead, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110217
MRDS ID W000018
Record type Site
Current site name Humboldt Creek Area Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.50342, 65.83267 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(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)

Federal lands

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -164.50342, 65.83267
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER WITH ASSOCIATED LODES (VEINS). VEINS ARE IN SLATE AND ARE NEAR GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Serpentine Hot Springs

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED GOLD FROM PLACERS, TIN LODES THAT CREATED PLACERS ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT (1970).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AMOUNT OF AU-SN POTENTIAL UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1971 Sainsbury, C.L. 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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