Information About

Quartz Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Quartz Creek on The Map

Location

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

Region

Northwest Arctic

Nearest City

Deering

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).