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Dome

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Mercury, Tin, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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 10002609
MRDS ID A015046
Record type Site
Current site name Dome
Alternate or previous names Donlin Creek Property, Dome area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.1529, 62.07132 (WGS84)
Relative position Hill top between Quartz Gulch and Dome Creek.; Accurate within 2,000 ft. This occurrence forms the northern limit of the Donlin Creek Property.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kuskokwim 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
Silver Primary
Mercury Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Local silicification

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.1529, 62.07132
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Alaskite (felsic) dikes cut Cretaceous Kuskokwim Group sedimentary rock; biotite hornfels developed locally. Quartz veins locally cut the dikes. Dike samples yield anomalous values of Ag, Hg, As, Sn, Bi, and trace Au.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active

Mining district

District name Aniak

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = Refer to reserve comments for Donlin Creek Property, Snow area.Seven deposits along Donlin Creek including the Dome and Snow areas contain combined inferred reserves of 3.871 million tonnes at 3.15 g/tonne Au

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface sampling and possible trenching in 1989; Placer Dome and Calista corporations announced at the March , 1996 Alaska Miner's Convention that extensive drilling indicates the presence of 44.8 million tons of ore yielding 3.6 million ounces of gold at the Donlin Creek Property

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Retherford and McAtee, 1994.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Epithermal vein associated with alaskite dikes
Deposit Other Comments = Occurrence forms northern limit of the Donlin Creek Property of the Calista Corporation.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUN-1996 Powers, M.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 19-JUN-1996 Huber, D.F. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 19-JUN-1996 Miller, M.L. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 19-JUN-1996 Keith, W.J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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