Unnamed (upper Moose Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10307532
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed (upper Moose Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-148.09286, 63.97963 (WGS84)
Relative position	This occurrence is at an elevation of about 3,400 feet, onthe northeast wall of the valley of Moose Creek, about 2 miles upstream from its junction with Last Chance Creek. The map site is in the NE1/4 of sec. 11, T. 11 S., R. 3 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate to within 1 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Healy N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	MDts	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = The country rocks in the general area of this occurrence are thrust slices of Lower Mississippian to Middle Devonian Totatlanika Schist (Wilson and others, 1998), small, Tertiary hypabyssal intrusions (Wahrhaftig, 1970: GQ805). The occurrence reportedly is a gold lode.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence

Comments on exploration

Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name	Bonnifield

Comments on the workings information

Workings / Exploration = There has only been surface exploration.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	HE090

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.
Deposit

Wahrhaftig, Clyde, 1970, Geologic map of the Healy D-3 quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-805, scale 1:63,360.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = This record

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	07-APR-00	N. Van Wyck	Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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