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Tozimoran Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112298
MRDS ID A051589
MAS/MILS ID 0020480011
Record type Site
Current site name Tozimoran Creek
Alternate or previous names Moraine Creek

Comments on the site names

  • OTHER NAME:MORAINE CREEK.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -152.80374, 65.37878 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
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

Tanana B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tanana SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tanana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 006 N 026 W 01 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -152.80374, 65.37878
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M
    Length 4800M
    Width 33M
    Area 30HA
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N80E:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 30
    Date of Last Modification 830503

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1902
Mining method Alluvial Mining
Year of first production 1902
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Melozitna

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner I. W. Purkeypile And David Purkey
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976

Production statistics

  • Year 1927
    Description 400 Pounds Tin
  • Year 1927
    Description 15 Yards Processed. 3 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 95g/mt
  • Year 1929
    Description 2 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 63g/mt
  • Year 1934
    Description 22 Yards Processed. 1 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 32g/mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1945
    Indicated 6800mt ore
    Demonstrated 6800mt ore
    Inferred 6800mt ore
    Total resources 13600mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.9259 g/mt Gold Major 1945
    Tin Sn 0.0332 wt-pct Tin Major 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 048-055

  • Reserve-Resource

    WAR MINERALS REPORT DRAFT 4502 p. 15

  • Deposit

    B345c p. 46

  • Deposit

    B824a p. 40

  • Deposit

    B836a pp. 42, 70

  • Deposit

    B844A p. 41

  • Deposit

    B868A p. 45

  • Deposit

    B880A p. 47

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPORT DRAFT 4502

  • Deposit

    RI4323

  • Deposit

    OF51 p. 97

  • Deposit

    C331 p. 35

  • Deposit

    OF239 pp. 14-20, 22, 24-32

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 236

  • Deposit

    MF371

  • Deposit

    OF508 p. 91

  • Deposit

    B1374

  • Deposit

    OF77-168D

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. B-29

  • Deposit

    SR33 p. 24

  • Deposit

    SR38 p. 26

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 9037

Comments on the references

  • CHAPMAN, R. M., FEB. 1953, TIN (USGS DMEA DOCKET NO. 2453)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUANTITY FROM FINAL WMR- MAY 1945- TOZIMORAN CR. SN PLACERS. ACQUISITION $20,000. EXPLORATION $40,000. GRADIENT. EQUIPMENT $267,000. WORKING CAPITAL $26,700.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-1995 Rdc U.S. Bureau of Mines

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