Marion Discovery

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112042
MAS/MILS ID 0020300079
Record type Site
Current site name Marion Discovery
Alternate or previous names Matson, Les, Beaver, Charlottes Sweeter Yet, 61-70 Below Disc, 1 Above Disc, Adams, Charlotte, Bullock, John L., Rivers, Guy, Papoose 1, 2, Discovery, 1-60 Below Disc, 1-5 Above Marion Disc, Clara Discovery, 1-7 Above Clara Discovery, Ceasor's Pup, Dodge, John L., Adams, Marion E., Keller, Russel, Marion Creek, Sweet Charlotte 1-2, Aldridge, William, Aldridge, James, Gimlis Git, Kazad-Dum, Moria, Rauros, Horn of Boromir, Gate of Kings, Parth Galen, Uruk-Hai, Entwash, Choices of Meriadol, Calen Hardon, Gimlis Axe, Keled-Zaram, The Sindar, The Noldar, The Teleri, Lorien, Mithrandirs Choice, Flame of the West, Anduril, Counsel of Aragorn, Ring of Doom

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -150.17692, 67.31969 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Location accuracy 100(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

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

Wiseman SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 029 N 012 W 23 E2SWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -150.17692, 67.31969

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1947

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Description 1 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 32g/mt
  • Year 1947
    Description 11 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 348g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REF. POINT IS AT CONFLUENCE OF MARION CREEK AND THE MIDDLE FORK KOYUKUK RIVER. OCCURRENCES ARE ON MARION CREEK. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION OBTAINED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-88 Clm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.