Sledge Creek Placer

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10002104
MRDS ID	A012969
Record type	Site
Current site name	Sledge Creek Placer
Related records	10232913

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-165.52106, 64.6365 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	2000(meters)
Relative position	TRIB. OF SNAKE RIVER.
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

ARBITRARILY CHOSEN POINT ON CREEK, PLACER CLAIMS ON BOTH FORKS AND ON N BANK AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. 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	Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-165.52106, 64.6365	ListMap

Ore body information

Thickness 0.3M

Width 15.24M

Length 804.65M

Comments on the geologic information

2-FT WIDE QUARTZ VEIN EXPOSED IN CUT CONSISTED OF ORTHOCLASE PLUS IRON-STAINED QUARTZ WITH NO VISIBLE AU OR SULFIDES; ATTITUDE: N 40 DEGREES, 70 DEGREES E.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Comments on development

DRIFT MINING IN 1916, NO OTHER DATA ON ACTIVITY

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A012969

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 454.
Deposit

USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 249.
Deposit

USBM RI 4174, P. 33.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	AU AND SCHEELITE IN STREAM GRAVELS 50 FT WIDE, 1 FT DEEP, AND 1/2 MILE LONG.
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-87	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.)	U.S. Geological Survey