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Bonita Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002107
MRDS ID A012971
Record type Site
Current site name Bonita Creek
Related records 10136461

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.20411, 64.6354 (WGS84)
Relative position This alluvial placer prospect is on Bonita Creek, a west headwater tributary to Osborn Creek (NM305). Bonita Creek joins New Eldorado Creek to form Osborn Creek. Thirty-five claims were located here in 1967 (Kardex site Kx 52-285 for gold and scheelite (?), Heiner and Porter, 1972; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982). The map location is at a surface elevation of about 475 feet, just inside the east-central edge of section 11, T. 10 S., R. 33 W., Kateel River Meridian. It is approximately located to within 1 mile.

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite 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) -165.20411, 64.6354
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Placer mining claims were staked on Bonita Creek in 1967. Hudson and DeYoung (1978) reported a resource estimate of 1.1 to 1.5 million cubic meters pf placer ground containing 1 to 2 grams of gold and 190 grams of tungsten per cubic meter. The tungsten values are inferred to reflect the presence of placer scheelite. Bonita Creek drains an area where marble and schist bedrock is cut by high-angle faults including the eastward extension of the Anvil fault (Hummel, 1962 [MF 247]).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Total resources 1500000mt ore
    Remarks Entry carried over from Old MRDS or added later (i.e. it did not originate in ARDF)
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.0619 g/mt Gold Major 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = Hudson and DeYoung (1978, p. 45) reported an estimated resource of 1.1 to 1.5 million cubic meters of placer ground containing 1 to 2 grams of gold and 190 grams of tungsten per cubic meter.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Prospecting had taken place on Bonita Creek, but no workings are known; 35 claims were recorded in 1967 (Heiner and Porter, 1972).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hudson and DeYoung, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Alluvial placer Au and scheelite (?) deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

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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