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Alder 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 10003253
MRDS ID A016074
Record type Site
Current site name Alder Creek
Related records 10185282

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.18334, 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. The old mining facilities of Sullivan's Camp are at the mouth of Alder Creek, 0.25 miles east of the Nome-Teller road. Gold mining reportedly took place along the lower main drainage for about a mile upstream from the mouth on Gold Run. Alder Creek was included as a part of locality 81 by Cobb and Sainsbury (1972). Cobb (1975) summarized relevant references under the name 'Alder 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 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)

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) -166.18334, 65.06234
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Bedrock in the Alder Creek drainage is a chlorite schist assemblage with local metamorphosed mafic intrusive bodies (Sainsbury, 1972). The age of this assemblage is not known but it is probably Paleozoic. Gold was discovered in 1900 and about 1mile of the lower creek was reported to have been mined by 1908 (Collier and others, 1908). The gravel is reported to be 4 feet thick over broken limestone bedrock 0.5 miles upstream of the mouth (Collier and others, 1908, p. 279-280). The muck here was also 4 feet thick. The coarse gold is well -rounded and accompanied by pyrite cubes in heavy mineral concentrates.
  • 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

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Placer mining operations are reported to have taken place over about the lower 1 mile of the main drainage. This would be at surface elevations of 260 to 310 feet.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908

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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