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Midnight Mountain Placer

Prospect 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. 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136101
MAS/MILS ID 0020440019
Record type Site
Current site name Midnight Mountain Placer
Alternate or previous names Golden 1-3, Eyrie 1-3, Gyr 1-3, Falcon 1-9, Tin Mountain, Serpintine Hot Springs

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -164.52152, 65.80493 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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)

Shishmaref(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 005 N 028 W 26 SESESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -164.52152, 65.80493
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Diane Tweet
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 18 CLAIMS STAKED IN 1969 BY TWEET. ASSESSMENT WORK 1970 AND 1971 CONSISTING OF GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYING, SAMPLING, DIAMOND DRILLING, AND GEOPHYSICAL PROFILING. BEDROCK IS PRE-ORD. SLATE, SCHIST, AND SCHISTOSE LIMESTONE (INTRUDED BY MAFIC ROCKS) IN THRUST-FAULT CONTACT W/YOUNGER PALEOZOIC CARBONATE ROCKS; INTRUDED BY GRANITIC STOCK, WHICH HORNFELSED ROCKS; FOLLOWED BY EPISODE OF MOVEMENT ON HIGH ANGLE FAULTS. ALTERED ZONE, WITH ANOMALOUS AMOUNTS OF MANY METALS OCCURS ON MIDNIGHT MOUNTAIN. DEPOSIT POSSIBLY RESIDUAL PLACER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1986 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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