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Columbia Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307266
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.99341, 65.70932 (WGS84)
Relative position Columbia Creek is a south tributary to Washington Creek, the western headwater tributary of Kougarok River (BN041). The mouth of Columbia Creek is 4 miles upstream from the mouth of Washington Creek. This locality was not included by Cobb (1972; MF 417; 1975; OFR 75-429).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -164.99341, 65.70932
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Sainsbury and others (1969) show 3,500 feet of placer mine workings along the main channel of Columbia Creek ,starting 5,000 feet upstream from its mouth. There are no other reports of mining on this creek. Bedrock in this area is primarily exposed on the crest of nearby uplands (Sainsbury and others, 1969) where rocks of a mafic metavolcanic assemblage, considered Ordovician in age by Till and others (1986) are present.
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kougarok

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Sainsbury and others (1969) show 3,500 feet of open-cut placer mine workings along the main channel of Columbia Creek starting 5,000 feet upstream from its mouth.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Sainsbury and others, 1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-99 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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