Deposit ID | 10001496 |
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MRDS ID | A012243 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Ptarmigan Creek (tributary of Chatanika River) |
Geographic coordinates: | -146.82907, 65.24775 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The location is the approximate position of claims on Ptarmigan Creek. Ptarmigan Creek is a tributary of the Chatanika River and is accessible where the creek crosses the Steese Highway. (This should not be confused with the other Ptarmigan Creek that is a tributary of Birch Creek, Circle quadrangle B-4). |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Silver | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
Silver | Ore |
Model code | 119 |
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USGS model code | 39a |
BC deposit profile | C01. C02 |
Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
Mark3 model number | 54 |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel |
(1) | -146.82907, 65.24775 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Fairbanks |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012243 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | CI049 |
Menzie, W.D., Foster, H.L., Tripp, R.B., and Yeend, W.E., 1983, Mineral resource assessment of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-170-B, 61 p., 1 sheet, 1:250,000.
Yeend, W.E., 1985, Trace elements of placer gold: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 945, p. 4-7.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a) |
Deposit | Other Comments = the Ptarmigan Creek discussed for this record is a tributary of the Chatanika River. Another Ptarmigan Creek is located further up the Steese Highway and is a tributary of Birch Creek (see Ptarmigan Creek, tributary of Birch Creek, ARDF no. CI048). |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 25-JUN-98 | C.J. Freeman | Avalon Development Corporation | |
Reporter | 25-JUN-98 | J.R. Guidetti Schaefer | Avalon Development Corporation | |
Reporter | 25-JUN-98 | Clements, A.S. | Avalon Development Corporation |