Monument Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tin
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. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136468
MRDS ID A015547
MAS/MILS ID 0020560018
Record type Site
Current site name Monument Creek
Alternate or previous names Eagle Assn.
Related records 10003029

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -155.42947, 64.26979 (WGS84)
Elevation 145
Location accuracy 1000(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

Ruby B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ruby S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ruby(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
Kateel River 014 S 017 E 13 S2SWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -155.42947, 64.26979

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1915
Milling method Jig

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Malvy Technology Inc. (A Subsidiary Of Sphinx Mining)
    Interest 100
    Year 1995

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Description 224 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 6967.17g
  • Year 1924
    Description 24 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 746.48g
  • Year 1927
    Description 58 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1804g
  • Year 1931
    Description 38 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1181.93g
  • Year 1932
    Description 93 Yards Processed. 17 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 528.75g
  • Year 1934
    Description 2 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 62.2g
  • Year 1934
    Description 74 Yards Processed. 12 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 373.24g
  • Year 1992
    Description Gold Production 3600 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 111972.53g

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1935: 978 OZ AU, 99 OZ AG (USBM AFOC FILES).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SINCE THIS IS A PLACER OPERATION, THERE IS NO RESERVE DATA AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 056-048

  • Deposit

    B592s p. 367

  • Deposit

    B622c p. 57

  • Deposit

    B642l pp. 243-244, 260, 265

  • Deposit

    B692

  • Deposit

    B754 pp. 117-118

  • Deposit

    B810a p. 29

  • Deposit

    B857A p. 40

  • Deposit

    B864C pp. 153-154

  • Deposit

    TDM1 p. 34

  • Deposit

    C279 p. 4

  • Deposit

    OF239 p. 51

  • Deposit

    MF405

  • Deposit

    SPHINX NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. 1991 ANNUAL REPORT (NOT

  • Deposit

    AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-NOV-1996 Dwb-Mirl 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.