McArthur Creek

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10308372
Record type	Site
Current site name	McArthur Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-141.10256, 62.99975 (WGS84)
Relative position	McArthur Creek is just west of Moosehorn Ridge. The creek runs approximately north-south for more than 20 miles, and has numerous placer mine claims on it. The coordinates are arbitrarily placed at the headwaters of the creek in section 31, T. 15 N., R. 23 E., of the Copper River Meridian. The location is known to about 10 miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nabesna D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nabesna NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nabesna(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

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)	-141.10256, 62.99975	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = Many placer claims exist on McArthur Creek, and there probably are productive placer mining operations in this area. There is a large amount of placer mining activity in this area on the Canadian side of the border (Foster and others, 1976). Claim names in this area include Boundary, Border, and Alien. The regional geology consists of Paleozoic gneiss and schist (Foster, 1970).
Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer

Comments on exploration

Status = Active?

Mining district

District name	Fortymile

Comments on the production information

Production Notes = Some placer gold recovered.

Comments on the workings information

Workings / Exploration = There are many placer claims along McArthur Creek and a long history of mining along the creek but details are lacking. On the Canadian side of the border, there are many placer gold mines with historic gold production on McArthur Creek.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	TC014

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Foster, H.L., 1970, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Tanacross quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geological Investigations Map I-593, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Deposit

Foster, H.L., Albert, N.R.D., Barnes, D.F., Curtin, G.C., Griscom, Andrew, Singer, D.A., and Smith, J.G., 1976, The Alaskan Mineral Resources Assessment Program: Background information to accompany folio of geologic and mineral resource maps of the Tanacross quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 734, 23 p.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Foster and others, 1976

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Model Name = Placer gold (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	13-APR-99	Cameron, C.E.	Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys

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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