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Marguerita, Quartz Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161295
MAS/MILS ID 0020950182
Record type Site
Current site name Marguerita, Quartz Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -149.61589, 60.54202 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward C-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seward NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic unit)

Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 005 N 002 W 05 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -149.61589, 60.54202
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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

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Clarence Furbush
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1980

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER-OPERATOR ADDRESS: CLARENCE FURBUSH SR A BOX 1 PALMER, ALASKA 99645

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BM UNPB

Comments on the references

  • PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, AFOC, 1980

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUCTION DREDGE, HAND SLUICE, AFOC,1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-88 Rbh-Mjn 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

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