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Palmer Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208631
MRDS ID A012240
MAS/MILS ID 0020500190
Record type Site
Current site name Palmer Creek
Alternate or previous names Wolverine Creek, Ottertail Creek
Related records 10001493

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -145.46679, 65.01031 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
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

Circle A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 002 N 011 E 11 E2SWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -145.46679, 65.01031
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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 1924

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Donald Henning
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Herning Exploration And Mining Co.-Bruce Herning
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1924
    Description 96 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2985.93g
  • Year 1927
    Description 190 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 5909.66g
  • Year 1928
    Description 363 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 11290.56g
  • Year 1929
    Description 351 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 10917.32g
  • Year 1930
    Description 256 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 7962.49g
  • Year 1931
    Description 57,600 Yards Processed. 385 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 11974.84g
  • Year 1932
    Description 749 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 23296.5g
  • Year 1935
    Description 165 Troy Ounces Gold
  • Year 1936
    Description 182 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 5660.83g
  • Year 1947
    Description 67 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 2083.93g
  • Year 1947
    Description 439 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 13654.42g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 050-015A

  • Deposit

    MR195-7 p. 86

  • Deposit

    MR195-10 p. 115

  • Deposit

    MR194-8 p. 5

  • Deposit

    B910A p. 48

  • Deposit

    B917A pp. 43-44, 46

  • Deposit

    B926A pp. 40, 43

  • Deposit

    TDM1 pp. 39, 41

  • Deposit

    MF391

  • Deposit

    OF76-633 p. 51

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1994. AK DIV.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB D002678

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAY-1991 Hfd U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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