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Charlie Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Bismuth
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001950
MRDS ID A012787
Record type Site
Current site name Charlie Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Charley Cr.
Related records 10233388

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.47998, 64.84512 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-248, LOC. 4. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.47998, 64.84512
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN-CUTS ON BOTH SIDES OF CREEK; ABOUT 50 FT. LONG BY 10 FT. DEEP.

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS IN GENERAL VICINITY ACTIVE: 1916, 1953, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO QUARTZ VEINS, 10 IN AND 5 IN THICK, SEPARATED BY ABOUT 1 FT OF SCHIST; LESS THAN 2 % OF VEINS CONSIST OF INTERGROWN BISMUTH AND BISMUTHINITE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1906-07

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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