Duncan Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tin
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. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208946
MRDS ID A002706
MAS/MILS ID 0020560036
Record type Site
Current site name Duncan Creek
Alternate or previous names Calamity Assn. Claim, Forget Me Not Claim, Santa Claim, Unwanted Assn. Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -155.52525, 64.08758 (WGS84)
Elevation 143
Location accuracy 1000(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

Ruby A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ruby S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ruby(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
Kateel River 016 S 017 E 21 C W2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -155.52525, 64.08758

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1915

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Description 373 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 11601.59g
  • Year 1920
    Description 556 Yards Processed. 154 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4789.93g
  • Year 1921
    Description 2,000 Yards Processed. 435 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 13530.01g
  • Year 1922
    Description 500 Yards Processed. 48 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1492.96g
  • Year 1924
    Description 370 Yards Processed. 120 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3732.41g
  • Year 1926
    Description 295 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 9175.52g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 056-014A

  • Deposit

    B592d p. 68

  • Deposit

    B592s pp. 368-369

  • Deposit

    B622c p. 58

  • Deposit

    BMB142 p. 25

  • Deposit

    BMB153 p. 53

  • Deposit

    MR195-6 p. 35

  • Deposit

    MR195-7 p. 92

  • Deposit

    MR56-1

  • Deposit

    B810a p. 29

  • Deposit

    B864C p. 163

  • Deposit

    B910A p. 52

  • Deposit

    B917A p. 51

  • Deposit

    IR RHS 6003 p. 6

  • Deposit

    MF405

  • Deposit

    AMR 81-82

Comments on the references

  • IR-JCR, 1946, P. 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-88 Neb-Mirl 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.