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Humboldt Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tin
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001901
MRDS ID A012729
Record type Site
Current site name Humboldt Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.4262, 65.83545 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIB. OF GOODHOPE R.
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • MIDDLE OF ABOUT 1 MILE SECTION OF PLACER TAILINGS ALONG HUMBOLDT CR. 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
Tin Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -164.4262, 65.83545
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Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: PRE-ORDOVICIAN GRAPHITIC METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND SCHIST INTERCALATED WITH THIN LAYERS AND LENSES OF CALCAREIOUS SCHIST AND MARBLE; IN THRUST CONTACT WITH OVERLYING YOUNGER PALEOZOIC MARBLE; SEQUENCE INTRUDED BY TEXTURALLY AND COMPOSITIONALLY ZONED EPIZONAL BIOTITE GRANITE STOCK OF LATE CRETACEOUS AGE.

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 Fairhaven

Comments on development

  • MINING REPORTED: 1918-19, 1927-28, 1931-1936; LARGE SCALE HYDRAULIC MINING: 1931-35.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A012729

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 358, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 714, P. 71, 236.

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRCULAR 565.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 73.

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-35, P. 10-11.

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 10, LOC. 102.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-417-20

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU AND NUGGETS OF BRECCIATED CASSITERITE INTERGROWN WITH QUARTZ IN STREAM GRAVEL; CASSITERITE NUGGETS UP TO 4 IN IN DIAMETER.
Deposit LARGE AMOUNTS OF CASSITERITE HINDERED GOLD RECOVERY; A FEW HUNDRED LB OF CASSITERITE RECOVERED, BUT NOT SOLD, IN 1919. ; 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-APR-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey