Yacko Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, PGE
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258184
MRDS ID A003506
MAS/MILS ID 0020760022
Record type Site
Current site name Yacko Creek
Alternate or previous names Yacko Cr, Yacko Cr Below 12-15, Cotten-McKechnie, Cotten-McKechnie 1-2 Be, Cotten-McKechnie 7-8 Be Asn, Hulke, Marie, Yacko Cr 6-7 Ab, Overstreet, Peggy, Smith, David, Martinchick, Rudolph, Eldorado Cr, Snowshoe, Snyder, Ralph, Gold Pan 1, Yacko 1-2, Wright Creek Mining Co, Lewis 1-6, Cornette, Lawrence, Briggs, Earl, Yacko Cr 1-4, Yacko Cr 4-5 Ab, Yacko Cr 2-3 Ab, Roullier, K, Parks, Marianne, Disc 2,4, Yacko Creek 1,3

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -147.33597, 62.2243 (WGS84)
Elevation 1140
Location accuracy 5000(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 A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Talkeetna Mountains(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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 025 N 011 E 25 C S2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -147.33597, 62.2243

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-AUG-1991 Mirl-Dwb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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