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Trout Creek (Pitka Fork, Sturrock, Hodzana Valley Moly)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Zinc, 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 10307303
Record type Site
Current site name Trout Creek (Pitka Fork, Sturrock, Hodzana Valley Moly)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.63322, 66.96971 (WGS84)
Relative position The original location is indefinite but is reported herein as locality number 1 in Cobb, 1972 (MF-439) which is about 29 miles north of Lone Mountain (junction of sections 21, 22, 27, and 28, T. 25 N., R. 5 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian). Location accurate within 1-mile radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beaver D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Beaver N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Beaver C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.63322, 66.96971
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A single lot quartz-, pyrite-, sphalerite-, and molybdenite-bearing rock specimens were submitted to the U.S. Geological Survey by a prospector in 1924 and inspected by J.B. Mertie, Jr., who felt that the mineral assemblage was a good indication of gold mineralization (Smith, 1942).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Yukon Flats

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Smith, 1942

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins(?) (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-99 J. M. Britton U.S. Geological Survey

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

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