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Caribou Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256178
MRDS ID A003591
MAS/MILS ID 0020920022
Record type Site
Current site name Caribou Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -157.12774, 60.51877 (WGS84)
Elevation 228
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dillingham(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Taylor Mountains C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Taylor Mountains NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Taylor Mountains C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Nushagak River(hydrologic unit)

Nushagak River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 005 N 045 W 14 S2 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • UNABLE TO TELL WHICH CREEK AT HEADWATERS NUSHAGAK RIVER IS CARIBOU CREEK. PLACER GOLD REPORTED (B 903).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -157.12774, 60.51877
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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 Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUN-1985 Prb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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