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Arsenic Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234189
MRDS ID A013390
MAS/MILS ID 0020910033
Record type Site
Current site name Arsenic Creek
Alternate or previous names No. 1-2 Claims, Sad-Jo No. 1-12
Related records 10002460

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -160.14165, 59.9996 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
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

Goodnews Bay D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Goodnews Bay NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goodnews Bay 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

Togiak 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 002 S 063 W 15 C NWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -160.14165, 59.9996
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Don Sagmoen
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN FAULTS AND SHEAR ZONES CARRY CINNABAR, PER TON. SOURCE OF MOST OF MERCURY IN RAINY CREEK. MODERN HYDROTHERMICALLY ALTERED DIABASE SILLS THAT CUT CRETACEOUS SANDSTONES AMD SHALES. SAMPLES TAKEN ACROSS WIDTHS OF 3-6 IN. CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 45.8 LBS. MERCURY PER TON; SAMPLES ACROSS GREATER WIDTHS CONTAINED NO MORE THAN 10 LBS. MERCURY MAPPING SHOWS THAT DEPOSIT IS IN BETHEL QUAD. RATHER THAN IN GOODNEWS QUAD (HOARE AND COBB).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUN-1985 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

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