Deposit ID | 10100994 |
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MRDS ID | A012947 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Dry Creek Placer |
Related records | 10233246 |
Geographic coordinates: | -165.34771, 64.52067 (WGS84) |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Tungsten | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Scheelite | Unknown |
Result | AVG. GRADE: $5/CY, PRICE OF AU = $20.67/FINE OZ, USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 90 |
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
(1) | -165.34771, 64.52067 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1898 |
Year of first production | 1900 |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012947 |
BROOKS AND OTHERS, USGS SPEC. PUB., P. 69, 81-83.
USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 168-169.
USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 90.
USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 26, LOC. 343.
BAG-MF-463-127
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | PAYSTREAK ABOUT 1 MILE FROM COASTLINE: 150 FT WIDE, 3-5 FT THICK, ON CLAY BED; SECTION 1/8 MILE ABOVE MOUTH OF NEWTON GULCH: (TOP TO BOTTOM) 3 FT OF MOSS AND MUCK, 3 FT OF SANDY CLAY, 8 FT OF MICA-SCHIST AND LIMESTONE GRAVELS ON CLAY BED; PROSPECT HOLES IN VICINITY SHOW GRAVELS TO BE MUCH DEEPER. |
Deposit | SOME DATA MAY APPLY TO UPPER DRY CR. AS WELL. ; 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-MAY-1987 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) | U.S. Geological Survey |