Difficult Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233776
MAS/MILS ID 0020940033
Record type Site
Current site name Difficult Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -152.89013, 60.15365 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kenai A-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Kenai SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kenai(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tuxedni-Kamishak Bays(hydrologic unit)

Western Cook Inlet(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Clark 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
Seward 001 N 021 W 26 NW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -152.89013, 60.15365

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1983

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1984
  • Type Operator
    Owner Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield)
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUNDRA TIMES 840229 pp. 7, 8

  • Deposit

    AK J COMM 840227 p. 9

  • Deposit

    SR38 p. 12

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-1986 Hfd 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.