Information About

Mina Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Mina Creek on The Map

Location

65 ° 46' 5.002" N,
162 ° 26' 8.999" W

Region

Northwest Arctic

Nearest City

Deering

Elevation

144 ft (43.89 m)

Mina Creek in Detail.

About

flows SW, then NW, to Kugruk River, 24 mi. NE of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High.

History

Prospectors' name reported in 1903 by D. C. Witherspoon (in Moffit, 1905, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This appears to be the Torrance Creek noted on a precinct map of Seward Peninsula by Monroe and Hutchins; corrected up to June 1903 by Arthur Gibson.

Topo Maps

Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben D-1 (1950), Bendeleben D-1 (1950), Bendeleben D-1 (1950), Bendeleben (1951), Bendeleben (1951), Bendeleben (1964), Bendeleben D-1 SW (2017),
Places Near Mina Creek
Mine:

Wallin Coal Mine,

Rivers:

Burnt River,

Streams:

Champion Creek, Chicago Creek, Circle Creek, Contact Creek, Dominion Creek, French Creek, Goldbug Creek, Holtz Creek, Independence Creek, Mina Creek, Montana Creek, Pauline Creek, Portage Creek, Reindeer Creek, Short Creek, Spruce Creek, Theresa Creek,

Cities:

Chicago Creek,