Stampede Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000654
MRDS ID A011277
Record type Site
Current site name Stampede Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.34457, 63.74764 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
013S 014W 31 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS CENTER OF PLACERED AREA THAT EXTENDS FOR 1800 FT UP AND DOWN THE STREAM BED LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE COMMON IN CONCENTRATES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.34457, 63.74764

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN MINED IN 1940'S; TOTAL PRODUCTION LESS THAN 1000 OZ

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A011277

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1374, P. 155

  • Deposit

    ADGGS OFR 98, P. 8, 13

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-168B, P. 37

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 47 LOC. 60

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-32, 4-45, FIG 4.1-A(2)

  • Deposit

    ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM ALL THE CREEKS IN THE STAMPEDE AREA WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 1000 OZ AU; SEE ALSO: STAMPEDE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey