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Upper Crooked Creek Trib. Ophir

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10257641
MAS/MILS ID 0020440069
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Crooked Creek Trib. Ophir
Alternate or previous names Crooked Creek Dredging Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -163.70051, 65.02853 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 005 S 025 W 27 SENESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -163.70051, 65.02853
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION TO 1948: 1,532 OZ. AU, 170 OZ. AG (USBM FILE RESIDUAL PLACER DEPOSIT AT HEAD OF CREEK CONCENTRATES MAINLY GARNET AND MAGNETITE; SOME TOPAZ CONCENTRATES MAINLY GARNET AND MAGNETITE; SOME TOPAZ. REF. POINT AT CONFLUENCE OF ALBION GULCH AND CROOKED CREEK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1986 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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