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Quartz Creek

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233855
MRDS ID A011491
MAS/MILS ID 0020860097
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Creek
Alternate or previous names Quartz Creek Gold Mining Co., Quartz Creek Nos. 1-12, Hurtle Creek
Related records 10000838

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -145.36175, 61.41102 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 005 S 001 W 26 NENENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -145.36175, 61.41102
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-120

  • Deposit

    AR20e p. 422

  • Deposit

    AR21c pp. 402, 436-437

  • Deposit

    SP5 p. 90

  • Deposit

    P15 p. 63

  • Deposit

    P41 p. 121

  • Deposit

    B662g pp. 179-180

  • Deposit

    B866 pp. 35-36

  • Deposit

    B894 p. 127

  • Deposit

    MF438

  • Deposit

    OF508 p. 18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A003768

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-95 Mirl-Wlg 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.