Deposit ID | 10003167 |
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MRDS ID | A015701 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Bonanza Creek Placer |
Geographic coordinates: | -160.74348, 64.54521 (WGS84) |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Tungsten | Secondary |
Antimony | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
Ilmenite | Gangue |
Scheelite | Unknown |
Stibnite | Unknown |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel |
(1) | -160.74348, 64.54521 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1899 |
Discoverer | Thomas Moon |
District name | Koyuk |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015701 |
USGS BULLETIN 449, P. 105-109.
USGS BULLETIN 649, P. 64
USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 80.
USGS BULLETIN 480, P. 52.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | GOLD IN STREAM AND BENCH PLACERS. PAY STREAK 400 FT. WIDE ON LOWER CLAIM. PAY STREAK NARROWS UPSTREAM AND AT THE NORTHERN LINE OF CLAIM NO. 1 ABOVE DISCOVERY THE WIDTH IS ONLY ABOUT 75 FT. IN PLACES 3 FT. OF ANGULAR BLACKY SLATE HAD TO BE PICKED UP TO RECOVER THE PAY VALUES, BUT OVER MUCH OF THE BENCH GROUND IT WAS NECESSARY TO TAKE UP ONLY FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES. |
Deposit | ONLY PRODUCTIVE PLACERS OF NORTON BAY REGION. STREAM GRADIENT UNDER 50 FT. PER MILE. CREEK THOUGH TO BE MINED OUT. ; 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. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-SEP-1987 | Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) | U.S. Geological Survey |