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Kapon Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233618
MRDS ID A000314
MAS/MILS ID 0020910021
Record type Site
Current site name Kapon Creek
Alternate or previous names Kapon Creek Discovery, Kapon Creek No. 2 Above Discovery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -160.24776, 60.1693 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethel A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bethel SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bethel C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 001 N 063 W 20 C Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -160.24776, 60.1693
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEADWATER TRIBUTARY OF EEK RIVER. SLATE AND CONGLOMERATE BEDROCK CUT BY GRANITIC INTRUSIVES. A LITTLE MINING IN 1914-15. THE REPROT OF GRANITIC INTRUSIVES ROCKS ON KAPON CREEK IS PROBABLY BASED ON ERR0NEOUS HEARSAY BECAUSE MADDREN NEVER SAW THE CREEK AND I SAW NO GRANITIC ROCKS WHEN I MAPPED THE AREA. HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME RYOLITE AND DIABASE DIKES AND SILLS. THE ROCKS AND THE ASSOCIATION OF GOLD AND CINNABAR ON KAPON CREEK ARE SIMILAR TO ARSENIC CREEK. THE COURSE OF KAPON CREEK IS PROBABLY FAULT-CONTROLLED BECAUSE 1) THE STREAM IS UNUSUALLY STRAIGHT, 2) IT CUTS ACROSS THE BEDDING WHICH STRIKES NORTH-EAST AND DIP CONSISTENTLY SOUTHEAST, AND 3) IT IS ESSENTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE UPPER PART OF KWETHLUK VALLEY WHICH IS DEVELOPED ALONG THE TRAIL CREEK FAULT . (HOARE)0

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-DEC-1996 Sbh 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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