Jack 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. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233515
MAS/MILS ID 0020270005
Record type Site
Current site name Jack Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -160.35634, 67.17947 (WGS84)
Elevation 131
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Baird Mountains S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baird Mountains C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kobuk River(hydrologic unit)

Kobuk-Selawik Rivers(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 021 N 008 W 36 NESWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -160.35634, 67.17947

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 1921

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Production statistics

  • Year 1921
    Description 80 Yards Processed. 9 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 279.93g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JUL-1988 Sbh 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.