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Winter Creek

Occurrence 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 10308585
Record type Site
Current site name Winter Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.67288, 63.98962 (WGS84)
Relative position This placer gold occurrence is on Winter Creek, a tributary to California Creek northeast of Jumbo Dome. Placer activity has occurred upstream from the mouth of Winter Creek, to the map site, which is in the NE1/4 of sec. 2, T. 11 S., R. 6 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Healy N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy C(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) -148.67288, 63.98962
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The drainage area of Winter Creek includes a sequence of Eocene to Miocene, poorly consolidated, pebbly sandstone, claystone and subituminous coal, that is overlapped unconformably by Nenana Gravel (Wilson and others, 1998). Most of Winter Creek flows over inliers of Keevy Peak Formation, cut by Pliocene hornblende dacite. The probable source of the placer gold in Winter Creek are Tertiary paleoplacers in the Nenana Gravel.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Bonnifield

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface only.

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = This record

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-2000 N. Van Wyck Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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