Coal Creek Occurrence, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Coal Creek Occurrence | Occurrence |
Valdez Creek Mining District | Mining District |
Matanuska-Susitna Borough | Borough |
Alaska | State |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
62° 51' 20'' North , 147° 29' 27'' West
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Mindat Locality ID:
196965
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:196965:1
GUID (UUID V4):
4ee946ff-bbb6-48dd-9828-34f1ddc8ca5b
MAS/MIL number 20760095.
Location: This placer gold occurrence is on Coal Creek about 1.7 miles southwest of Coal Lake. The placer claims extend along the creek for about three miles; the coordinates are at about the center of the claims in the SW1/4 sec. 13, T. 32 N., R. 10 E., Seward Meridian. The location is accurate.
Geology: The rocks in the drainage of Upper Coal Creek are Cretaceous and Tertiary granitic rocks (Kurtak and others, (1992). Gold occurs in the alluvial gravel deposits. A placer sample collected by the U.S. Bureau of Mines from the south fork of Coal Creek contains 0.0008 ounce of gold per cubic yard (Kurtak and others, (1992).
Workings: Only limited placer sampling by U.S. Bureau of Mines (Kurtak and others, 1992).
Age: Quaternary placer.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
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