| Deposit ID | 10307589 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tammany Creek |
| Geographic coordinates: | -147.66276, 63.08962 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This placer gold occurrence is on a south-flowing tributary to lower Wickersham Creek, just above its junction with Butte Creek. The tributary, locally called Tammany Creek, is not named on the topographic map. The area of activity extends about 2 miles downstream from the map site, which is in the SE1/4 of sec. 13, T. 21 S., R. 1 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This is location B-4 of Balen (1990: 34-90). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Healy A-2(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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| (1) | -147.66276, 63.08962 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|
| District name | Valdez Creek |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | HE176 |
Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines Investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Kurtak, J.M., Southworth, D.D., Balen, M.D., and Clautice, K.H., 1992, Mineral investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, south-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-92, 659 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 07-APR-00 | N. Van Wyck | Stevens Exploration Management Corporation |
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