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East Fork Susitna River

Prospect 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 10307544
Record type Site
Current site name East Fork Susitna River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.05277, 63.38964 (WGS84)
Relative position This placer gold prospect is on a south-flowing tributary of the East Fork Susitna River, about 7.3 miles from its junction with the Susitna River. The placer ground extends for an unknown distance upstream and downstream from the map site, which is approximately in the center of sec. 6, T. 18 S., R. 4 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The site is accurate to with 1 mile. .

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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) -147.05277, 63.38964
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The area of the placer prospect is underlain by Quaternary alluvium, but the catchment basin of the creek contains Cretaceous tonalite, granodiorite, quartz diorite, diorite, and quartz monzodiorite (Wilson and others, 1998). The lode source of the placer gold is unknown.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = There has been only surface exploration.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Balen, 1990 (OFR 34-90)

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 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.

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