Sanderson Creek Prospect, Bonnifield Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Sanderson Creek Prospect | Prospect |
Bonnifield Mining District | Mining District |
Denali Borough | Borough |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
63° 49' 11'' North , 148° 39' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Healy | 1,021 (2018) | 16.0km |
McKinley Park | 185 (2014) | 16.2km |
Cantwell | 219 (2011) | 49.8km |
Mindat Locality ID:
199826
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:199826:2
GUID (UUID V4):
19b2dca6-de73-4dcc-a320-0ced73e038bc
Location: This placer gold prospect is on Sanderson Creek, a tributary of Lignite Creek. The map site is at about the midpoint of the placer, in the SW1/4 of sec. 36, T. 11 S., R. 6 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian.
Geology: Sanderson Creek drains an area underlain by Birch Creek Schist, by Mesozoic to Tertiary granites, and by younger Tertiary strata that overlie the older rocks. The Tertiary strata contain gold paleoplacers that probably are the source of the placer gold in Sanderson Creek. Claims have been located and relocated on Sanderson Creek, but there is no evidence that there has been any actual mining (Cobb, 1978: OFR 78-1062).
Workings: Surface only.
Age: Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Undetermined.
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
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Link to USGS - Alaska: | HE008 |
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