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South Fork Hess Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281967
MAS/MILS ID 0020490097
Record type Site
Current site name South Fork Hess Creek
Alternate or previous names Alabam Creek, Goldstream Creek, Miller Creek, Snow Gulch, Helen Gulch, Discovery Pup, Patterson Creek, Pedro Creek, Willow Creek, Wilson Creek, Martin Creek, California Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -148.35444, 65.54907 (WGS84)
Elevation 379
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Livengood N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 008 N 004 W 03 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • S. FORK HESS IS INCLUDED AS PART OF PLACER DEPOSIT BECAUSE HISTORIC CREEK BASIN DEPOSIT WAS CONTIGUOUS. SOUTH FORK HESS CREEK IS SEPARATED FROM ALABAM, GOLDSTREAM, MARTIN AND MILLER CREEKS BY AN AQUEDUCT SYSTEM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -148.35444, 65.54907
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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
Year of first production 1960

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Description 2 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 62.2g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JUL-1988 Clm 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

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