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Watana Creek Placer

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, PGE
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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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258165
MAS/MILS ID 0020760089
Record type Site
Current site name Watana Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -148.21525, 62.8557 (WGS84)
Elevation 587
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna Mountains D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 032 N 007 E 18 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -148.21525, 62.8557
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1979

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek District

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 34-90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Jmk U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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