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Bottom Dollar Creek and Trib

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tin, Tungsten
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257346
MRDS ID A012209
MAS/MILS ID 0020500008
Record type Site
Current site name Bottom Dollar Creek and Trib
Alternate or previous names Bottom Dollar Creek, Nugget Gulch, Greenhorn Creek, Two-Bit Creek
Related records 10001461

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -144.80011, 65.41784 (WGS84)
Elevation 563
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Circle B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 007 N 014 E 23 W2NWSE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -144.80011, 65.41784
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
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 BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Loren Hite
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ron Thorpe
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1979
  • Type Operator
    Owner Marcy
    Year 1979

Comments on the production information

  • USGS CRIB A000615. PRODUCTION FROM HALF DOLLAR CREEK PRIOR TO 1948: 996 OZ AU, 386 OZ AG. PRODUCTION FROM BOTTOM DOLLAR CREEK PRIOR TO 1955: 265 OZ AU, 106 OZ AG (USBM AFOC FILES). ADDITIONAL OWNERS: D.SOLERVI & ALFRED COOK,F. WYATT & MRS. C. JACOBSON,E.O. MCGRIFF,B. THRONE & IRV MCGRIFF, H. GOING & TERRY WALSTON,DAN SOLECKI & C.J. VERNETTI,THEODORE BERKS, JAMES A. CRABB,DAVID HOPKINSON & SHERRY BOWERS,A. G. STONEMAN, JAMES E. KOEHLER. REF. POINT LOCATED AT CONFLUENCE OF HALF DOLLAR AND BOTTOM DOLLAR CREEKS. HITE WORKED ON BOTTOM DOLLAR CREEK IN 1975 (CARNES, 1975).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAY-1991 Dwb U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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