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Myrtle Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002980
MRDS ID A015482
Record type Site
Current site name Myrtle Creek
Related records 10135986

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.56304, 65.52773 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 64; SW1/4 sec. 10, T. 8 N., R. 5 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This placer deposit is located where Myrtle Creek crosses a bench of Livengood Creek; It is just west of the old town of Livengood. Accuracy is within 1,500 feet.
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
BC deposit profile C01. C02
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.56304, 65.52773
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Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Placer mining was reported in 1916 (Brooks, 1918, p. 56). Cobb (1973; B 1374) indicated that the gold was probably reconcentrated from bench deposits of Livengood Creek. This site is no longer a separate placer deposit, but is included with Livengood Creek (ARDF no. LG008) in more recent references.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Tolovana

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Mining was reported in 1916, but there is no record of production (Brooks, 1918, p. 56).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Mining was reported in 1916 (Brooks, 1918, p. 56).

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A015482
USGS Alaska Resource Data File ARDF LG007

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Brooks, A.H., 1918, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1916: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662, 469 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Brooks, 1918

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation