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Native Gold from
Portage Creek Occurrence, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Native Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Portage Creek Occurrence, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:587685
Long-form Identifier:1:3:587685:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TK014; at east end of Devils Canyon), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘHonolulu Creek Occurrences, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
21.0km (13.0 miles) ⓘLittle Honolulu Creek; Brush Battle Occurrences, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
23.6km (14.6 miles) ⓘHonolulu Creek; Chulitna Forks Occurrence, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘNorth Carolina; Antimony Creek Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE138; south head of Hardage Creek), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘEast Fork Chulitna River; Hole Occurrences, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
29.7km (18.4 miles) ⓘSusitna River Mine (near Gold Creek), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
30.2km (18.7 miles) ⓘMiddle Fork Chulitna River Occurrences, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘEast Fork Chulitna River Occurrences, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
References
(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey
 
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