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Trilby Creek

Occurrence 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 10307322
Record type Site
Current site name Trilby Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.05326, 67.40973 (WGS84)
Relative position The reference point is about about 14 miles southeast of Chandalar and 1 mile above the mouth of Trilby Creek (sec. 20, T. 30 N., R. 2 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian); there is no information regarding the exact location of any work or prospecting that may have been done on this creek. The location is accurate within a 1/2-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

Chandalar B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Chandalar S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chandalar C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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) -148.05326, 67.40973
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Reed (1930, MR 31-4, p. 10) noted that encouraging prospects had been found in the early days (about 1910) but that no mining had occurred and no prospecting was taking place at the time
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Chandalar

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Reed, 1930 (MR 31-4)

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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