Unnamed (ridge west of upper Timberline Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307606
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (ridge west of upper Timberline Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.37976, 63.17363 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is at an elevation of about 4,200 feet on a small knob on the north end of the ridge west of upper Timberline Creek. It is in the NW1/4 of sec. 21, T. 20 S., R. 2 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate to within 500 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy A-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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.37976, 63.17363

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The bedrock at this site is mapped as argillite by Smith (1981), who shows several east-west faults across the site area. No other information about this occurrence has been made public.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Smith, 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-00 D.L. Stevens Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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