| Deposit ID | 10257510 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0020450041 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Right Fork Sweepstakes Creek |
| Point of reference | Claim |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -161.30722, 65.39409 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 262 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nome(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Candle B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Candle S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Norton Bay(hydrologic unit)
Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kateel River | 001 S | 013 W | 15 | SESWSE | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| PGE Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Claim (1) | -161.30722, 65.39409 |
|---|
| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1941 |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 4 Troy Ounces Silver | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 17 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0020450041 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 12-FEB-1988 | Sbh | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.