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Lower Snake River (upstream of the Nome airport)

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 10100995
MRDS ID A012951
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Snake River (upstream of the Nome airport)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.49216, 64.52178 (WGS84)
Relative position There is small area of placer mine tailings along the north bank of Snake River at this location, about 0.4 mile upstream of the Nome airport. This is locality 130 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]). The map location is just inside the west-central edge of section 21, T. 11 S., R. 34 W., Kateel River Meridian. The location is accurate to within about one-third mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(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

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) -165.49216, 64.52178
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Fine gold was discovered on the bars of lower Snake River in 1898 (Schrader and Brooks, 1900). This location was plotted separately by Cobb (1972 [MF 463]) and some placer tailings appear to be present. Dredge operations took place on lower Snake River between 1919 and 1924 (Cobb, 1978 [OFR 78-9]). At least some of the dredge operations were part of a harbor-deeping project, and gold recovery was incidental. This part of Snake River reworks coastal plain deposits, and some richer gold concentrations may at least locally be present.
  • Age = Holocene.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Remnants of dredge tailings may locally be present.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Schrader, F.C., and Brooks, A.H., 1900, Preliminary report on the Cape Nome gold region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Special Publication, 56 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1978 (OFR 78-93)

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUL-00 Hawley, C.C. Hawley Resource Group
Reporter 10-JUL-00 Travis L. Hudson Hawley Resource Group

Beyond USGS

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