Unnamed (east of Beaver Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10308509
MRDS ID	A011913
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed (east of Beaver Creek)
Related records	10001202

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-155.09342, 67.11958 (WGS84)
Relative position	This occurrence is at an elevation of about 3700 feet, on a ridge approximately 2.5 miles east of Beaver Creek. It is in the NW1/4 of sec. 23, T. 20 N., R. 17 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. Location is accurate to within 2000 ft. The site corresponds to locality 67 of Grybeck and Nelson (1981).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Survey Pass A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Survey Pass S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Survey Pass(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kobuk River(hydrologic unit)

Kobuk-Selawik Rivers(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-155.09342, 67.11958	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of an unidentified grab sample that contained 1.5 ppm Au (Garland and others, 1975, ADGGS OFR 67).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	SP038

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Garland, R.E., Eakins, G.R., Trible, T.C., and McClintock, W.W., 1975, Geochemical analysis of rock and stream-sediment samples from Survey Pass A-4, A-5, A-6, B-4, B-5, and B-6 quadrangles: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 67, 4 p, 4 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Deposit

Grybeck, D.J., and Nelson, S.W., 1981, Mineral deposit map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-F, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Garland and others, 1975 (ADGGS OFR 67)

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	04-OCT-1999	S.W. Nelson	U.S. Geological Survey

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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