American Creek Prospect, Iditarod Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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American Creek Prospect | Prospect |
Iditarod Mining District | Mining District |
Bethel Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
62° 1' 5'' North , 158° 51' 21'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Chuathbaluk | 125 (2017) | 53.6km |
Mindat Locality ID:
196256
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:196256:0
GUID (UUID V4):
43bb529d-c760-4ca0-a1ab-99f4e445612d
Location: American Creek is a southeast-flowing tributary of the Iditarod River south of Mosquito Mountain. The coordinates are near the mouth of the creek in the SW1/4 section 5, T. 22 N., R. 52 W., of the Seward Meridian. The location is accurate.
Geology: The modern fluvial gravels near the mouth of American Creek are from 160 to 320 feet wide. The nonmagnetic fraction of a heavy mineral concentrate from a sample collected by the U.S. Geological Survey contained visible gold grains (Bennett and others, 1988). The sources of the placer gold may be the lode deposits in the drainage of American Creek (ID152 to ID154).
Workings: The U.S. Geological Survey collected samples in the area in the 1980s (Bennett and others, 1988).
Age: Probably Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Placer Au deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
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Link to USGS - Alaska: | ID155 |
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