| Deposit ID | 10308250 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | McKinley Creek Falls |
| Geographic coordinates: | -136.23213, 59.36974 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This prospect is at an elevation of approximately 1,600 feet near the base of a falls in the steep-walled canyon of McKinley Creek . It is on the eastern edge of the NE1/4, section 12, T. 29 S., R. 54 E. of the Copper River Meridian. It is shown as location 20 by Still and others (1991). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Haines(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Skagway B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Skagway SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Skagway C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Chilkat-Skagway Rivers(hydrologic unit)
Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Model code | 72 |
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| (1) | -136.23213, 59.36974 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|
| District name | Juneau (Skagway subdistrict) |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | SK046 |
Wright, C.W., 1904, The Porcupine placer mining district, Alaska in Emmons, S.F., and Hayes, C.W., eds., Contributions to economic geology 1903: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 225, p.60-63.
Wright, C.W., 1904, The Porcupine district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 236, 35 p.
Eakin, H.M., 1919, The Porcupine gold placer district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 699, 29 p.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Robertson, E.C., and Winkler, G.R., 1974, Geology of the Skagway B-3 and B-4 quadrangles, southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 832, 33 p.
Gilbert, W.G., and Redman, E.C., 1989, Lode deposits, prospects, and occurrences of the Porcupine mining area, southeast Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 17-89, 1 sheet, scale 1:39,600.
Still, J.C., 1991, Bureau of Mines mineral investigations in the Juneau mining district, Alaska, 1984 - 1988, v. 2, Detailed mine, prospect, and mineral occurrence descriptions, section A, Haines-Klukwan-Porcupine subarea: U.S. Bureau of Mines of Mines Special Publication, 214 p.
Eakin, H.M., 1918, Gold placer mining in the Porcupine district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662-B, p. 93-100.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = There is little information but the brief description by Still and others (1991) who refer to polymetallic veins in dikes and replacement mineralization in adjacent limy sediments (Cox and Singer, 1986; models 22c and 19a). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 04-FEB-01 | T.C. Crafford | T. Crafford & Associates |
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