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Homestake Creek

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009522
MRDS ID D002563
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.8234, 65.68321 (WGS84)
Relative position Homestake Creek is a west tributary of the Kougarok River. The mouth of Homestake Creek is 2,500 feet upstream from the mouth of Taylor Creek. Sainsbury and others (1969) show the lower 5,000 feet of the channel of Homestake Creek to have been placer mined. This is locality 37 of Cobb (1972; MF 417; 1975; OFR 75-429).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -164.8234, 65.68321
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Placer mining for gold took place here as early as 1903 (Brooks, 1904). Sainsbury and others (1969) show the lower 5,000 feet of Homestake Creek to have been placer mined. One-fourth mile upstream from the mouth, mining encountered 4 to 5 feet of muck over fine sand on bedrock (Collier and others, 1908). Some of the gold is coarse with a nugget worth $14.40 (0.8 ounces) being recovered by early operations (Collier and others, 1908). Scheelite is reported to be present in the placer deposits (Anderson, 1947; Moxham and West, 1953). Bedrock is extensively mantled by tundra in the area but where exposed in nearby uplands it is part of a low grade, lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Sainsbury and others, 1969; Till and others, 1986). Some bedrock , graphitic and calcareous mica schist, was apparently exposed by early mining operations (Collier and others, 1908). Placer deposits on the active floodplains of the area are probably the result of at least two cycles of erosion and placer developement.
  • Age = Quaternary; placer deposits on the active floodplains of the area are probably the result of at least two cycles of erosion and placer developement.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Sainsbury and others (1969) show the lower 5,000 feet of the channel of Homestake Creek to have been placer mined.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1975 (OFR 75-429)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-1999 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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