Our Creek Occurrence, Chandalar Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Our Creek Occurrence | Occurrence |
Chandalar Mining District | Mining District |
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
67° 45' 36'' North , 148° 16' 12'' West
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Mindat Locality ID:
199287
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:199287:1
GUID (UUID V4):
81b2c5c7-c6eb-4db2-9951-6438eaa212e5
Alaska Kardex No. 031-141 (Kardex is a card file mining claim information system located at the State of Alaska DNR Public Information Center in Fairbanks).
Location: This occurrence is approximately 10 miles north of the north end of Squaw Lake. The reference point is on the lower reaches of Our Creek (sec. 20, T. 34 N., R. 3 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian), but the exact location of the occurrence is not known. The location is accurate within a 1-mile radius.
Geology: Reed (1930, MR 31-4) reported that very encouraging prospects had been found on Our Creek in the early days but that there was no report of any mining or any description of the deposit. Our Creek drains an area mapped as gneissic biotite granite (presumably part of the Baby Creek batholith), mica schist, calcareous schist and marble, and calc-silicate hornfels developed near the granitic rocks (Brosg
Workings: Three(?) claims may have been located on the creek, but there is no information about any work on them.
Age: Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Undetermined
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
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