Lower Portage Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Bismuth, Copper, Gold, REE, Thorium, Tin, Tungsten
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136482
MAS/MILS ID 0020500072
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Portage Creek
Alternate or previous names The Lightning Assoc., The Edie M, Short Pier, Discovery #2, Treasure Myne 1-19, The Big Chief, The Triangle, The Lake View, Calida, The Dodo, Nile Temple, William Moses, Pier Zero, Gh #1, Gh #2, Discovery #3

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -144.60981, 65.46144 (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

Circle B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle(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 007 N 015 E 02 SESWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -144.60981, 65.46144

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Terry Walston
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ben Wilson
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nelson, William D.
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ben Willi
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. J. Craft
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Harold Going
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner George Bailey
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Sbh 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.