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Grouse 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002036
MRDS ID A012884
Record type Site
Current site name Grouse Creek
Related records 10233311

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.36468, 64.74957 (WGS84)
Relative position Grouse Creek is a small, south-flowing stream on the southeast side of Mount Distin. It is a north tributary to Goldbottom Creek; its confluence with Goldbottom Creek is in the Nome C-1 quadrangle. The creek is auriferous about 1 mile above its mouth (Collier and others, 1908, p. 197-198) and upstream near its confluence with Cold Creek, which is on the Nome C-1 quadrangle (NM100). This is locality 86 of Cobb (1972 [MF-463], 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 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

Bering Straits Native Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region 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
Hematite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.36468, 64.74957
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Small-scale placer mining for gold took place as early as 1903 on Grouse Creek (Collier and others, 1908). This early mining was about 1 mile upstream from its confluence with Goldbottom Creek. The pay along this part of the creek was 1 to 3 feet thick and 40 feet wide. The gold was bright and rough, with nuggets as much as 2 pennyweights. Concentrates at this locality were mostly hematite pebbles. Near the mouth of Cold Creek (in the Nome C-1 quadrangle), an east tributary to Grouse Creek, gravels averaged about 5 feet deep, and the gold occured in the gravel and in crevices in marble bedrock (Moffit, 1913, p. 88). This mined area is near a contact between marble and metasedimentary schist.? Hummel (locality 28, 1962 [MF-248]) reported copper-bearing minerals in float in upper Grouse Creek (NM089) and copper in the form of tetrahedrite was reported in a quartz vein from the Grouse Creek drainage (Anderson, 1947, p. 11). The headwaters of Grouse Creek are in the area of an extensive gold and arsenic soil anomaly reported by BHP (written communication, 1995).? the headwaters of Grouse Creek cross massive marble with intercalated metasedimentary schist (Hummel, 1962 [MF 248]; Bundtzen and others, 1994). Lower Grouse Creek is in pelitic schist, local graphitic quartz schist, and a sill-like body of orthogneiss (C.C. Hawley, written communication, 1999).
  • 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 = Grouse Creek was prospected and mined at least as early as 1903. It carried a considerable flow of water and was active during some dry years when other creeks were inactive. Mining was on a small scale and mostly hand operations.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

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