| Deposit ID | 10107532 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A012708 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Upper Homestake Creek |
| Related records | 10185283 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -164.8923, 65.67821 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | Homestake Creek is a west tributary of the Kougarok River. The mouth of Homestake Creek is 2,500 feet upstream of the mouth of Taylor Creek. Sainsbury and others (1969) show that 3,000 feet of the upper part of the creek, starting about 2.2 miles upstream from the mouth, has been placer mined. Cobb (1972; MF 417; 1975; OFR 75-429) summarizes information for Homestake Creek in general and locates previous mining here on lower Homestake Creek (locality 37 of Cobb, 1972; MF 417; see ARDF locality BN037). |
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)
Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)
Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| (1) | -164.8923, 65.67821 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Kougarok |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012708 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | BN038 |
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.
Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-429, 123 p.
Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-417, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 15-MAR-1999 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |
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