Deposit ID | 10107552 |
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MRDS ID | A015334 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Gilmore Creek Placer |
Related records | 10233910 |
Geographic coordinates: | -147.50295, 64.97745 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | 11-13 MILES NNE OF FAIRBANKS |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Bismuth | Tertiary |
Tungsten | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Bismuth | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Scheelite | Unknown |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
(1) | -147.50295, 64.97745 |
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Development status | Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Year of first production | 1905 |
District name | Fairbanks |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015334 |
USGS MF-410 (D-1, 2), LOC. 55
USGS BULL 337, P. 39-40
USGS BULL. 284, P. 115, 118.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FT. PER MILE. ; 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. |
Deposit | GOLD IN STREAM PLACER AND IN BENCH PLACER TO NORTH OF CREEK. GOLD, SOME INTERGROWN WITH BISMUTH, IN LOWER 2 FT. OF GRAVEL, ON BEDROCK, AND IN CRACKS IN TOP 3 TO 4 FT OF BEDROCK. ALLUVIUM 50 TO 60 FT. THICK AT MOUTH AND A FEW FEET THICK AT HEAD. MOST OF ALLUVIUM IS MUCK. BENCH TO NORTH OF CREEK MINED IN AT LEAST 3 PLACES. PAYSTREAK 30 TO 40 FT. WIDE, BUT IN PLACES IT ATTAINS A WIDTH OF 100 FT. ABUNDANT PLACER SCHEELITE. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-MAY-1987 | Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) | U.S. Geological Survey |