Information About

Quartz Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

65 ° 32' 16.001" N,
162 ° 22' 37.999" W

Region

Northwest Arctic

Nearest City

Tributary to

Independence Creek

Elevation

459 ft (139.9 m)

Quartz Creek in Detail.

About

flows SW to Independence Creek, in Kugruk River basin, 24 mi. E of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High.

History

Prospectors' name reported in 1903 by Witherspoon (in Moffit, 1905, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Bendeleben C-1 (1950), Bendeleben C-1 (1950), Bendeleben C-1 (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1951), Bendeleben (1951), Bendeleben (1964), Bendeleben C-1 SW (2017),

Places Near Quartz Creek

Mountains:

Kiwalik Mountain, Monument Mountain,

Streams:

Boomer Creek, Champion Creek, Circle Creek, Coarse Gold Creek, Dixie Creek, Dominion Creek, French Creek, Goose Creek, Hades Creek, Holtz Creek, Hunt Creek, Independence Creek, Knowles Creek, O-Brien Creek, Pauline Creek, Quartz Creek, Spruce Creek, Theresa Creek, Timber Creek,