Dexter Creek, Left Fork Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10002078
MRDS ID	A012935
Record type	Site
Current site name	Dexter Creek, Left Fork Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-165.34494, 64.574 (WGS84)
Relative position	RIGHT-LIMIT TRIBUTARY OF DEXTER CR.
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

LOCATION GIVEN FOR A POINT 1/4 MILE ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH DEXTER CR.; BEST PART OF GRAVELS WAS LOWER 1/4 MILE OF CREEK. 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

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-165.34494, 64.574	ListMap

Comments on the geologic information

CREEK FLOWS IN CHANNEL CUT 15-20 FT INTO BEDROCK. ; MAJOR.UNITS: LIMESTONE AND THINLY BEDDED CALCAREOUS SCHIST

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on development

HYDRAULILC MINING 1903.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A012935

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 180.
Deposit

USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 95.
Other Database

BAG-MF-463-118

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	50 FT WIDE PAYSTREAK IN STREAM GRAVELS.
Deposit	STREAM GRADE: 7.5% ; 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-MAY-1987	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.)	U.S. Geological Survey