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Unnamed (on Yenlo Creek)

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 10308450
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (on Yenlo Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -151.16176, 62.18153 (WGS84)
Relative position Reed and others (1978, locality 67) show this placer prospect located in Yenlo Creek in the southwest quarter of Section 8, T. 24 N., R. 10 W., of the Seward Meridian at the southwest end of Willow Mtn. The coordinates for this record are given at the center of the placer claim locations.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yentna 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

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) -151.16176, 62.18153
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Presumed to be a Pleistocene placer occurrence. No published geologic description of this site is available. Gold-bearing veins have been reported from the north end of the Yenlo Hills (TL075), approximately two and a half miles to the west of this site.
  • Age = Pleistocene.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Mining district

District name Yentna

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The drainage has been prospected and mined by various small scale surface methods.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed, B.L., Nelson, S.W., Curtin, G.C., and Singer, D.A., 1978, Mineral resources map of the Talkeetna Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-870-D, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Reed and others, 1978

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-AUG-98 Madelyn A. Millholland Millholland & Associates

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