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Glacier Creek Prospects

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001986
MRDS ID A012830
Record type Site
Current site name Glacier Creek Prospects
Related records 10257401

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.40884, 64.59872 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position N BANK OF GLACIER CREEK, OPPOSITE MOUTH OF SNOW GULCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-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)

Federal lands

Sitnasuak Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS BULLETIN 722, FIG. 18, LOC. 14, P. 235. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result PICKED SPECIMEN CONTAINED 1/2 OX/TON IN AU, USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 193.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS IN VICINITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU IN QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 6 IN WIDE IN PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE-BEARING SCHIST; QUARTZ-FELDSPAR VEIN EXPOSED FOR 6 FT IN TUNNEL SHOWED PINCH AND SWELL STRUCTURE, WIDTH: 3 IN TO 1 FT, VERY LITTLE MINERALIZATION BUT ADJACENT SCHIST HIGHLY MINERALIZED WITH PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE; ALSO 8 IN LENS AND 1 IN WIDE STRINGER NEARBY.
Deposit DATA ON BEDROCK MINERALIZATION IN GLACIER CR. GENERALLY NOT SITE-SPECIFIC. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

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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