Troublesome Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Lead, Tin
Sections on this page
  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 10308887
MRDS ID A015477
Record type Site
Current site name Troublesome Creek
Related records 10002977

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.60407, 65.50565 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 62. This placer mine is along Troublesome Creek, just below the mouth of Union Creek; NW1/4SW1/4 sec. 22, T. 8 N., R. 10 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Livengood N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Secondary
Lead Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Galena Ore
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) -149.60407, 65.50565

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = By 1912, placer gold was found in Troublesome Creek (Prindle and Katz, 1913, p. 146). Both prospecting and mining have been reported (Mertie, 1934, p. 192). A sample from below the mouth of Union Creek contained barite, hematite, magnetite, ilmenite, picotite, pyrite, cinnabar, gold, garnet, galena, zircon and cassiterite (Waters, 1934, p. 236).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Rampart

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Both prospecting and mining have been reported, but there is no data on production (Mertie, 1934, p. 192).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Both prospecting and mining have been reported (Mertie, 1934, p. 192).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1976 (OFR 76-633)

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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