Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - TN111; Baker Creek tributary), Hot Springs Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - TN111; Baker Creek tributary) | - not defined - |
| Hot Springs Mining District | Mining District |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
65° 5' 0'' North , 150° 41' 9'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Location: Mining claims were staked in 1967, followed by placer mining, along a tributary of Baker Creek (Alaska Kardex files). The location given in the U.S. BLM MAS system (MAS number 0020480059), is in the southwest quarter of section 18, T. 3 N., R. 15 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate within about 1000 feet.
Geology: This placer prospect is about 2 miles south of the east edge of the Tofty tin belt, a group of cassiterite- and gold-bearing placer deposits centered on the town of Tofty and extending for approximately 12 miles in an east-northeast trend (Thomas, 1957). The gold- and tin-bearing creeks flow normal to the trend of the tin belt. Concentrations of gold diminish toward the south, probably due to dispersion (Thomas, 1957). Bedrock at the prospect is Lower Cretaceous sandstone, shale, and siltstone (Reifenstuhl and others, 1998). A square-mile outcrop area of the Tertiary (58 Ma) Hot Springs granite is approximately one mile to the southeast. Numerous east-trending and northwest-trending high-angle faults cut through the area. Placer mining claims were staked on this tributary of Baker Creek in 1967, and were worked from 1967 to at least 1972 (Alaska Kardex files). Affidavits of annual labor list trenching in 1971 and drilling in 1972. There is no record of mining or production.
Workings: Placer mining claims were staked on this tributary of Baker Creek in 1967, and were worked from 1967 to at least 1972 (Alaska Kardex files). Affidavits of annual labor list trenching in 1971 and drilling in 1972. There is no record of mining or production.
Age: Quaternary?
Production: No known production.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Undetermined.
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
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