Deposit ID | 10000538 |
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MRDS ID | A010736 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Dan Creek |
Alternate or previous names | Includes: Dan & Chititu Creeks |
Geographic coordinates: | -141.55244, 61.37469 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | SEE LOCATION COMMENTS |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Silver | Primary |
Copper | Primary |
Lead | Tertiary |
Antimony | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Copper | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Silver | Ore |
Stibnite | Ore |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel |
(1) | -141.55244, 61.37469 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Medium |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1901 |
Discovery method | Ore-Mineral Not In Place |
District name | Nizina |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010736 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | MC141 | |
USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011699 |
Moffit, F.H., and Capps, S.R., 1911, Geology and mineral resources of the Nizina district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 448, 111 p.
Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1974, Geologic map of the McCarthy B-5 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1146, scale 1:63,360.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Smith, J.G., 1972, Geologic map of the McCarthy B-4 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Quadrangle Map GQ-943, scale 1:63,360.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773B, scale 1:250,000
USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 30-31
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | A LITTLE FINE GOLD CAN BE PANNED FROM PRACTICALLY ALL THE STREAMS DRAINING THE NORTH FLANK OF THE CHUGACH MOUNTAINS. |
Deposit | STREAM GRAVELS 8 TO 12 FT DEEP; GOLD ON BEDROCK AND LOWER 2 FT OF GRAVEL AND IN TOP 1 FT OF RIPPABLE SHALE BEDROCK; BENCH PLACERS MINED TO LESSER EXTENT. IN 1939 A 3 TON COPPER NUGGET WAS FOUND ON DAN CREEK |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-JUN-1984 | Garrison, Michael T. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Updater | 01-JUL-1997 | Garrison, Michael T., Elliott, R.L., Richter, D.H. | U.S. Geological Survey |