Columbia Creek

Prospect 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233799
MRDS ID A000304
MAS/MILS ID 0020910007
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Creek
Alternate or previous names Discovery Bench, Discovery Claim, Nos. 1-4 Above, Nos. 1-15 Below, Nos. 1-3 Below Bench.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -160.75221, 60.616 (WGS84)
Elevation 79
Location accuracy 100(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 C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bethel NW(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 006 N 065 W 18 SENWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -160.75221, 60.616

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Laraux, Al
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Niel Corrigal
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ray Peterson
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tom Sekenoff
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dobnik, Adolph A.
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 10 CLAIMS 1953. ACTIVE 1977. HAS BEEN A PLACER PROSPECT. JURRASSIC VOLCANIC ROCKS AND TERTIARY GRANITIC INTRUSIVE BODIES IN AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUN-1985 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.