| Deposit ID | 10003215 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A016026 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed (on Alder Creek) |
| Geographic coordinates: | -166.19334, 65.06234 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | Alder Creek is an east tributary to Gold Run who's mouth is 1.9 miles upstream of the confluence of Gold Run and Bluestone River. This lode prospect is located on the south side of the creek, at approximately 320 feet surface elevation, 1,000 feet southeast of the confluence with Gold Run. This prospect is just southeast of the facilities of Sullivan's Camp and it is shown as a prospect occurrence on the USGS 1:63,360 topographic map of the Teller A-3 quadrangle. It is locality 21 of Cobb and Sainsbury (1972). Cobb (1975) summarized relevant references under the name 'Alder Cr.'. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nome(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Teller A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Teller SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Teller C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)
Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Teller Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)
ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)
NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Nome Group;Nome Group |
| Rock description | Nome Group;Nome Group |
| (1) | -166.19334, 65.06234 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Port Clarence |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A016026 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | TE095 |
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.
Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Geologic map of the Teller quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map I-685, 4 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., and Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Metallic mineral resource map of the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-426, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-587, 130 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Altered fault (?) contact with quartz stringers, pyrite, and fine gold. Possibly low sulfide Au-quartz vein model (Cox and Singer, 1986, model 36a). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-MAY-1998 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |
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