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Allene 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. 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 10003249
MRDS ID A016069
Record type Site
Current site name Allene Creek
Related records 10257391

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.05227, 65.35318 (WGS84)
Relative position Allene Creek, in the eastern Teller B-3 and western Teller B-2 quadrangles, is a north-flowing tributary to North Creek, a south tributary to the Agiapuk River. Placer-mining operations took place along this drainage at surface elevations of about 200 feet and at 260 to 350 feet. Upstream operations were 12 miles east of Brevig Mission. This location includes localities 71, 72, and 73 of Cobb and Sainsbury (1972). Cobb (1975) summarized relevant references under the name 'Allene Cr.'.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller B-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

Brevig Mission 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

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -166.05227, 65.35318
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Bedrock in the Allene Creek drainage is a chlorite and mica schist assemblage that is locally intruded by small greenstone bodies (Sainsbury, 1972); the age of this assemblage is uncertain but it is probably Paleozoic. Dredge and later dozer/sluice mining took place on the main drainage at about 200 feet surface elevation (Cobb and Sainsbury, 1972) and for 1.5 miles between surface elevations of 260 to 350 feet (Sainsbury and others, 1969). Early mining apparently encountered fine, bright gold on a false clay bedrock but little is recorded about the character of this placer deposit.
  • 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 Port Clarence

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Not known

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = Not defined; main drainage extensively worked for 1.5 miles

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Dredge and later dozer/sluice mining took place on the main drainage at about 200 feet surface elevation (Cobb and Sainsbury, 1972) and for 1.5 miles between surface elevations of 260 to 350 feet (Sainsbury and others, 1969).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1975

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAY-1998 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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