Alaska
Producer

Deadwood Creek

Alaska, United States
GoldTungstenTinSilverMercury
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryTungsten, Tin, Silver
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueGalena, Garnet, Pyrite, Tourmaline
Other materialsCassiterite, Scheelite, Wolframite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1894
Discovery year1894
Identification
Deposit ID10001459
MRDS IDA012208
Alternate namesForty Three Pup, Twenty Five Pup, Sixteen Pup, Fifteen Pup, Nine Pup, Tommys Pup, Switch Creek, Twenty Two Pup, Twenty Six Pup, Discovery Gulch
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates65.46446, -144.92875
References
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