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Goodluck Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136287
MRDS ID A001795
MAS/MILS ID 0020490070
Record type Site
Current site name Goodluck Creek
Alternate or previous names Gold Bottom Assn., Corgan Prospect, Lucky Gulch, Lucky Creek, Le Boyteau, Drake Mining Co., Estorffe Bench Claims, Jurich-Georgia Bench, Livengood-Spraul-Small Strike, Healy

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -148.42384, 65.55187 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 500(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

Livengood C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Livengood N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood C(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 008 N 004 W 05 NW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) DZkb
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Estorffe, William
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1946: 611 OZ AU, 60 OZ AG (USBM FILES) CHROMITE & CHROME SPINELS ARE FOUND ON LUCKY CREEK (TDM-1). CONCENTRATE FROM A PLACER ON GOODLUCK CREEK SHOWED A CONTENT OF 0.02 PERCENT EQUIV. URANIUM WHEN TESTED IN 1945; HOWEVER, LATER TESTS DID NOT DUPLICATE 1945 FINDINGS (C335). SCHEELITE, CASSITERITE AND RARE EARTH MINERALS FOUND IN GOODLUCK CREEK (OF 508) AS HAS CINNABAR (C335).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1986 Mirl 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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