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Crooked Creek Placer

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107509
MRDS ID A011267
Record type Site
Current site name Crooked Creek Placer
Related records 10281980

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.49902, 63.80069 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
013S 015W 8,9,18 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS THE CENTER OF A PLACERED AREA THAT EXTENDS ABOUT 3000 FT UP AND DOWN STREAM; A SECOND PLACERED AREA BEGINS 1 1/4 MI UPSTREAM FROM THIS POINT AND EXTENDS ANOTHER 1/2 MI UPSTREAM 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.49902, 63.80069
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • MINED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1926; TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY LESS THAN 1000 OZ AU

Comments on development

  • SMALL-SCALE MINING

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A011267

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 910-A, P. 58

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1374, P. 154

  • Deposit

    ADGGS OFR 98, P. 8, 13

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-168B, P. 37

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 47 LOC. 58

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-32, 4-45, FIG 4.1-A(2)

  • Deposit

    ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING ALSO REPORTED ON NEARBY MARTEN CREEK; NO INFORMATION ON DEPOSIT ; 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-NOV-1984 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey