Nay Nadeli

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10307588
Record type Site
Current site name Nay Nadeli

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.67276, 63.11962 (WGS84)
Relative position TheNay Nadeli placer gold deposit is on a west-flowing tributary of upper Wickersham Creek. The area of placer activity extends from the mouth of the tributary, upstream to the map site, which is in the SW1/4 of sec. 1, T. 21 S., R. 1 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This is location B-5 of Balen (1990: 34-90).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(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) -147.67276, 63.11962

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This tributary of Wickersham Creek drains an area underlain by Tertiary or Cretaceous granodiorite, quartz monzonite and granite, and by Cretaceous or Jurassic turbidites (Wilson and others, 1998). The placer gold was probably derived from the erosion of auriferous lodes, such as those at HE172 and HE178. Placer samples collected by the BLM contained 0.0053 ounce of gold per cubic yard (Kurtak and others, 1992).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = There was very small production of gold in the early 1900s.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface workings date from the early 1900s.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Moffit, 1914

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-00 N. Van Wyck Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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