Goldstream Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160666
MRDS ID A015329
MAS/MILS ID 0020580080
Record type Site
Current site name Goldstream Creek
Related records 10002851

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -147.68575, 64.94437 (WGS84)
Elevation 204
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbanks D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks(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 001 N 001 W 02 NE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -147.68575, 64.94437

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Polar Mining Inc
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Description 359 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 11166.14g
  • Year 1907
    Description 4676 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 145439.87g
  • Year 1915
    Description 8,803 Yards Processed. 2257 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 70200.55g
  • Year 1916
    Description 32,191 Yards Processed. 7229 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 224847.06g
  • Year 1917
    Description 61,628 Yards Processed. 6706 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 208579.94g
  • Year 1917
    Description 975 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 30325.89g
  • Year 1918
    Description 396 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 12316.97g
  • Year 1918
    Description 22,497 Yards Processed. 3880 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 120681.5g
  • Year 1919
    Description 264 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 8211.31g
  • Year 1919
    Description 62,098 Yards Processed. 2468 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 76763.39g
  • Year 1920
    Description 2,916 Yards Processed. 840 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 26126.92g
  • Year 1921
    Description 89,506 Yards Processed. 5408 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 168207.62g
  • Year 1922
    Description 136,743 Yards Processed. 8508 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 264628.41g
  • Year 1923
    Description 65,524 Yards Processed. 7284 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 226557.75g
  • Year 1924
    Description 25,466 Yards Processed. 8075 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 251160.6g
  • Year 1925
    Description 5464 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 169949.42g
  • Year 1931
    Description 5,165,131 Yards Processed. 1000200 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 31109701.69g
  • Year 1932
    Description 16065 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 499677.42g
  • Year 1932
    Description 4,955,945 Yards Processed. 122101 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3797766.13g
  • Year 1934
    Description 17152 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 533486.9g
  • Year 1934
    Description 6,685,631 Yards Processed. 138272 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4300740.52g
  • Year 1936
    Description 20021 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 622722.79g
  • Year 1936
    Description 8,991,056 Yards Processed. 149685 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4655724.55g
  • Year 1937
    Description 8,751,997 Yards Processed. 127769 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3974060.66g
  • Year 1937
    Description 19268 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 599301.87g
  • Year 1941
    Description 1800 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 55986.26g
  • Year 1941
    Description 251 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 7806.97g
  • Year 1947
    Description 23542 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 732238.14g
  • Year 1947
    Description 4,422,140 Yards Processed. 139737 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4346307.12g
  • Year 1950
    Description 1 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 31.1g
  • Year 1954
    Description 70 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 2177.24g
  • Year 1954
    Description 17,361 Yards Processed. 785 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 24416.23g
  • Year 1955
    Description 35 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 1088.62g
  • Year 1955
    Description 5,560 Yards Processed. 392 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 12192.56g
  • Year 1959
    Description 3 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 93.31g
  • Year 1959
    Description 2,260 Yards Processed. 39 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1213.03g
  • Year 1963
    Description 2 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 62.2g
  • Year 1963
    Description 200 Yards Processed. 20 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 622.06g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 058-099

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 058-151

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 058-457

  • Deposit

    B933A pp. 38-39, 66-67

  • Deposit

    IC7379 pp. 26-28

  • Deposit

    BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M,W, HENNING,

  • Deposit

    AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 27.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MSHA MID 5000249 MSHA MID 5000296 MSHA MID 5000280 LOWER GOLDSTREAM CREEK HAD 35,000 CU YDS (26,760 CU M) PROCESSED DAILY DURING 1993 (SR 48).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUL-1995 Mjn U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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