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Nekula Gulch

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 10002056
MRDS ID A012907
Record type Site
Current site name Nekula Gulch
Alternate or previous names Nicolai Gulch
Related records 10209025

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.36549, 64.589 (WGS84)
Relative position This alluvial placer gold mine is in Nekula Gulch, a headwater tributary to Anvil Creek (NM236). The map location is at an elevation of about 425 feet on lower Nekula Gulch in the SW1/4 section 30, T. 10 S., R. 33 W., Kateel River Meridian. It is included in locality 102 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]). The mine is located to within about 500 feet.

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)

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.36549, 64.589
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Nekula Gulch heads in an area of auriferious high-level gravels that were drift mined at many places (for example, NM246). The nearby Caribou Bill mine (NM238) was very rich, contained coarse and angular gold, and was at least partly mined by surface operations. At Nekula Gulch, the 3-foot-thick gravels were gold-bearing throughout, but the richest pay was on bedrock. The Nekula Gulch placer was probably mostly derived from reworking the older, high-level gravels (Brooks and others, 1901; Collier and others, 1908; Moffit, 1913).? the Anvil Creek fault transects the area near Nekula Gulch. The Anvil Creek fault is a through-going, high-angle structure that juxtaposes pelitic and marble bedrock (Hummel, 1962 [MF 247]). Hummel mapped two strands of the Anvil Creek fault in this area; they are separated by graphitic strata. The bedrock is probably of early Paleozoic protolith age (Hummel, 1962 [MF 247]; Sainsbury, Hummel, and Hudson, 1972 [OFR 72-326]; Till and Dumoulin, 1994; Bundtzen and others, 1994). Hummel also mapped granitic sills in this area. Bundtzen and others (1994) propose that Nekula Gulch is largely underlain by felsic metavolcanic rocks.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface placer workings, dating back to 1900, are present on Nekula Gulch.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a), at least partly formed by reworking high-level bench gravel.
Deposit Other Comments = Nekula Gulch is underlain mostly by felsic metavolcanic rocks that may be mineralized (also see Aurora Creek, NM147).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUL-00 Hawley, C.C. Hawley Resource Group
Reporter 10-JUL-00 Travis L. Hudson Hawley Resource Group

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