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Windy Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137079
MRDS ID A001340
MAS/MILS ID 0020670109
Record type Site
Current site name Windy Creek
Alternate or previous names Fault No. 1-11, Bonanza No. 1-4, Cross Fault 1-4, Fault Creek Copper Mine Nos. 1-15, Greathouse Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -147.39945, 63.08632 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 021 S 002 E 20 NE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) Qs
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1957

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A001295

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-SEP-1992 Jmk 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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Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.