| Deposit ID | 10258755 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A010302 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0021010005 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Olympic Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | George Wickert, Peter Roeser, Discovery, Nos. 1-2 Above Discovery |
| Related records | 10000260 |
| Point of reference | Claim |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -161.21801, 59.34037 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 37 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Bethel(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Goodnews Bay B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)
Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Calista Corporation(ANCSA Region)
ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)
NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seward | 010 S | 071 W | 03 | SWSWNE | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Claim (1) | -161.21801, 59.34037 |
|---|
| Thickness | 2M | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1920 |
| Year of first production | 1923 |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Year | 1923 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 800 Yards Processed. 23 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1925 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 4 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1928 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 16 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1946 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 25 Troy Ounces Silver | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1946 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 7,000 Yards Processed. 170 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0021010005 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010302 | MAS references MRDS |
B797a p. 25
B810a p. 32
B813a p. 37
MR101-2 pp. 9, 12-13
B824a p. 43
B836a p. 44
B844A p. 44
B1139 p. 112
OF77-168D p. 48
OF77-156 p. 43
MR101-1 p. 2
BMOF1-88 pp. 7,14,16-17,50-51,131-133
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-JUL-1989 | 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.