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Unnamed (near head of Rocky Mountain Creek)

Prospect 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
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  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307938
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (near head of Rocky Mountain Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.1739, 64.78509 (WGS84)
Relative position The prospect is at the head of Rocky Mountain Creek, an east tributary to upper Nome River, at an elevation of about 1,000 feet. The prospect is locality 34 of Hummel (1962 [MF 248]) and is located within about 1,000 feet of the coordinates.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome D-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
Arsenopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.1739, 64.78509
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Hummel (1962 [MF 248]) identified this locality as an iron sulfide occurrence and part of a group of prospects that contained pyrite, arsenopyrite, and at some of the prospects, pyrrhotite. The sulfides may be disseminated or in veins. The prospect is near or at the upper contact of calcareous schist with a marble layer; the rocks strike northwest and dip northeast (Hummel, 1962 [MF 248]).
  • Age = Probably mid-Cretaceous or younger if in cross-cutting veins.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A surface pit or trench may be present.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome D-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-248, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hummel, 1962 (MF 248)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Vein-type occurrence of pyrite and arsenopyrite in schist (?).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-OCT-99 Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. Hawley Resource Group

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