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Caribou Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Tungsten
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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 10210090
MRDS ID A011263
MAS/MILS ID 0020660012
Record type Site
Current site name Caribou Creek
Alternate or previous names Discovery 1-3, Caribou Howtay 1-24 Assoc., Lee Bench Howtay 1-6 Assoc., Last Chance 1-5, Last Chance Fork 1-3, Howtay Association 1a & 2a
Related records 10000646

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -150.8565, 63.60927 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denali C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 015 S 017 W 16 SW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -150.8565, 63.60927
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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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Taylor, Arley
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Howard, A.
    Year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1922
    Description 14,000 Yards Processed. 338 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 10512.97g
  • Year 1924
    Description 241 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 7495.93g
  • Year 1933
    Description 488 Yards Processed. 4 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 124.41g
  • Year 1935
    Description 1 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 31.1g
  • Year 1941
    Description 1010 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 31414.51g
  • Year 1941
    Description 2115 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 65783.86g
  • Year 1942
    Description 3285 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 102174.93g
  • Year 1945
    Description 2 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 62.2g
  • Year 1946
    Description 1103 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 34307.13g
  • Year 1946
    Description 145,340 Yards Processed. 2327 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 72377.8g
  • Year 1947
    Description 445 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 13841.04g
  • Year 1947
    Description 73,203 Yards Processed. 933 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 29019.54g
  • Year 1951
    Description 25 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 777.58g
  • Year 1951
    Description 5,000 Yards Processed. 50 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1555.17g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB D002631

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1989 Mjn U.S. Bureau of Mines

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