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Bear Creek

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038110
MRDS ID M045391
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Creek
Alternate or previous names New York-Alaska Gold Dredging Corporation

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.77783, 61.04933 (WGS84)
Relative position 39 MI. SOUTH OF ANIAK
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Primary
Platinum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -159.77783, 61.04933
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1909-1940

Mining district

District name Aniak District

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M045391

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MADDREN, 1910A, P. 63 (B410)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1911B, P. 40 (B480)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1913, P. 46 (B542)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1914A, P. 70-71 (B592)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1915, P. 67 (B622)

  • Deposit

    MADDREN, 1915, P. 303, 309-321, 324-325, 327-330 (B622)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1916A, P. 68 (B642)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1922, P. 60 (B722)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1926, P. 15 (B783)

  • Deposit

    MOFFIT, 1927B, P. 20 (B792)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1929, P. 24, 30 (B797)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1930A, P. 31-32, 40 (B810)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 36, 47 (B813)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1932, P. 52 (B824)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1933A, P. 43, 55 (B836)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1933B, P. 44, 54 (B844-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1934A, P. 41, 51 (B857-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 46, 57 (B864-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1936, P. 46-47, 59 (B868-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1937, P. 49, 61 (B880-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 58, 71 (B897-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1934A, P. 61, 76-77 (B910-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1939B, P. 60, 75 (B917-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1941, P. 56-57, 71 (B926-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1942B, P. 53, 68 (B933-A)

  • Deposit

    HOARE AND COONRAD, 1959B (I-292)

  • Deposit

    KOSCHMANN AND BERGENDAHL, 1968, P. 16 (P610)

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, P. 89-90 (P630)

  • Deposit

    COBB, 1972, P. 27 (OF 508)

  • Deposit

    COBB, 1972 (MF 444)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey