Alaska
Producer

Half Dollar Creek

Alaska, United States
GoldTungstenTin
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryTungsten, Tin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
Other materialsCassiterite, Scheelite
Geology
Host rockGravel
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1909
Identification
Deposit ID10001489
MRDS IDA012235
Alternate namesTwo-Bit Gulch
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates65.42252, -144.79263
References
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