Our Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10307339
Record type	Site
Current site name	Our Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-148.27332, 67.75974 (WGS84)
Relative position	This occurrence is approximately 10 miles north of the north end of Squaw Lake. The reference point is on the lower reaches of Our Creek (sec. 20, T. 34 N., R. 3 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian), but the exact location of the occurrence is not known. The location is accurate within a 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

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

Chandalar N(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)	-148.27332, 67.75974	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = Reed (1930, MR 31-4) reported that very encouraging prospects had been found on Our Creek in the early days but that there was no report of any mining or any description of the deposit. Our Creek drains an area mapped as gneissic biotite granite (presumably part of the Baby Creek batholith), mica schist, calcareous schist and marble, and calc-silicate hornfels developed near the granitic rocks (Brosgi and Reiser, 1964).
Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Chandalar

Comments on the workings information

Workings / Exploration = Three(?) claims may have been located on the creek, but there is no information about any work on them.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	CH083

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Reed, I.M., 1930, Report on the Little Squaw area of the Chandalar mining district: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 31-4, 18 p.
Deposit

Maas, K.M., 1987, Maps summarizing land availability for mineral exploration and development in northern Alaska, 1986: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 10-87, 33 quadrangle overlays.

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)
Deposit	Other Comments = Alaska Kardex No. 031-141 (Kardex is a card file mining claim information system located at the State of Alaska DNR Public Information Center in Fairbanks).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.