Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MH070; south-flowing tributary of Clearwater Creek), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
63° 1' 51'' North , 146° 58' 8'' West
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Location: This placer occurrence is in an unnamed, one-mile-long, southeast-flowing tributary of Clearwater Creek south of the Denali Highway. The tributary enters Clearwater Creek about 0.8 mile above the confluence of the Clearwater and Corkscrew Creek. The occurrence is in the SW1/4SW1/4 section 3, T. 22 S. R. 4 E., Fairbanks Meridian. The occurrence corresponds to placer locality A34 of Kurtak and others (1992).
Geology: This unnamed stream flows only on glaciofluvial material and apparently does not cut bedrock (Nokleberg and others, 1991). A placer mine application for the creek was made in 1982, but the site was not visited by the U.S. Bureau of Mines in their investigation of the Valdez Creek district, and no assessment of its value is available.
Workings: A placer mining application was made in 1982 on the Jack L. Dees and Jack W. Frost claims (Kurtak and others, 1992). Apparently, little work has been done on the placer occurrence.
Age: Holocene.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Undetermined.
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| Au | Gold | |
|---|---|---|
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | MH070 |
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