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Tomboy Creek

Past Producer 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10002012
MRDS ID A012857
Record type Site
Current site name Tomboy Creek
Related records 10232768

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.23387, 64.80483 (WGS84)
Relative position Tomboy Creek is an old name for a north tributary of Fairview Creek (NM007); this name is not shown on the current USGS topographic map of the area. The confluence of Tomboy Creek and Fairview Creek is about 4 miles above the mouth of the Fairview Creek on a coastal lagoon along the the Bering Sea. The mine location is 0.6 miles upstream of the mouth of Tomboy Creek and about 4.5 miles southwest of where the Nome-Teller road crosses the Feather River. The mine is locality 1 of Hummel (1975) and locality 58 of Cobb (1972 [MF463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]).

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-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nome N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

King Island 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -166.23387, 64.80483
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Placer gold mining took place on Tomboy Creek in 1902; the U.S. Geological Survey obtained pans of about 1.5 cents or 2.25 dollars per cubic yard from decomposed schist bedrock (Collier and others, 1908, p. 219). The overlying several feet of gravel contains numerous pebbles and cobbles of granitic bedrock reworked from glacial deposits that originated in the Kiglauik Mountains. The source of the gold is unknown. The area to the north of the mine is extensively covered by glacial deposits. Near the mine, Sainsbury, Smith, and Kachadoorian (1972) mapped a strong northwest-trending fault, which separates graphitic schist to the south from chloritic, metavolcanic rocks near this mine.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface workings only; small-scale mining by hand in 1902.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Collier, A. J., Hess, F.L., Smith, P.S., and Brooks, A.H., 1908, The gold placers of parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, including the Nome, Council, Kougarok, Port Clarence, and Goodhope precincts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 328, 343 p.

  • Deposit

    Sainsbury, C.L., Smith, T.E., and Kachadoorian, Reuben, 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nome D-3 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-327, 14 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Hummel, C.L., 1975, Mineral deposits and occurrences, and associated altered rocks, in southwest Seward Peninsula, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-2, 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-OCT-99 Hawley, C.C. Hawley Resource Group
Reporter 22-OCT-99 Travis L. Hudson Hawley Resource Group

Beyond USGS

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