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Moose Creek Placer

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Mercury, Tin, Platinum
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002861
MRDS ID A015342
Record type Site
Current site name Moose Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.97928, 64.03851 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-410, LOC. 62. PLACER GROUND FOR ABOUT 1 MILE DOWNSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE OF MOOSE AND LITTLE MOOSE CREEKS. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR PLACER MINE MARKED ALONG MOOSE CR ON SW CORNER OF FAIRBANKS (A-4). TRIBUTARY OF NENANA RIVER. 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
Mercury Tertiary
Tin Tertiary
Platinum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Platinum Ore
Cassiterite Unknown
Cinnabar Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.97928, 64.03851
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Comments on the geologic information

  • BASIN ERODED IN SCHIST OVERLAIN BY GRAVEL; THICK REMNANTS ON DIVIDES AND IN TERTRIBUTARY RIDGES. QUARTZ PORPHYRY INTRUSIVES NEAR HEAD. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SCHIST. ; REG.COM: MADDREN CONSIDERS PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF GOLD TO BE MINERALIZED ZONES IN SCHIST BEDROCK; OVERLYING GRAVELS ARE NOT CONSIDERED TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED VERY MUCH GOLD TO THE PRESENT PLACERS OF MOOSE CREEK.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1909

Mining district

District name Bonnifield

Comments on development

  • FIRST PRODUCTION IN 1909. INTERMITTANT SMALL-SCALE MINING REPORTED 1909-75. MINED MAINLY BY OPEN-CUT METHODS. DRAGLINE PLANT INSTALLED, 1937. MINED BY BULLDOZER IN 1975.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A015342

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-410 (A-4), LOC. 62

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 662, P. 364-68, 355.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOTH CREEK AND BENCH PLACERS. GOLD IN BASAL 2 TO 4 FT. OF PRESENT STREAM BED AND IN OLDER STREAM GRAVELS ON ROCK BENCHES ABOUT 15 FT. ABOVE STREAM LEVEL. PAY DISCONTINUOUS, GOLD DISTRIBUTED IN DISCONNECTED PATCHES OF GRAVEL OR POCKETS IN THE BEDROCK. PLACERS ABOVE AND BELOW MOUTH OF LITTLE MOOSE CREEK. SOME GOLD IN HIGH GRAVELS. COMMON PLACER SCHEELITE AND CINNABAR, SCARCE CASSITERITE. PLATINUM FOUND IN PLACERS.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT 100-200 FT PER MILE. PROSPECTS OF GOLD MAY BE OBTAINED AT SOME POINTS IN THE HIGH GRAVELS THAT REST ON THE UPPER SLOPES OF THE VALLEY, BUT NO MINING HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED. ; 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-JUN-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey