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Unnamed (upper Bock Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Materials information
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307948
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (upper Bock Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.13809, 64.78069 (WGS84)
Relative position The occurrence is in a minor unnamed gulch on the west side of the south-facing ridge between the upper forks of Bock Creek, a headwater tributary to Fox Creek. It is at an elevation of about 1,000 feet and its location is known within about 1,000 feet of the coordinates. It is locality 22 of Hummel (1975).

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • Gangue = Carbonate

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica-rich rocks in marble, silicification?

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.13809, 64.78069
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Hummel (1975) identified this ocurrence as stratabound, metallized, and silicified marble; other information was not provided. The occurrence is near a steep fault that strikes northwest (Hummel, 1962 [MF 248]).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

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.

  • Deposit

    Hummel, C.L., 1975, Mineral deposits and occurrences, and associated altered rocks, in southwest Seward Peninsula, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-2, 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hummel, 1975

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

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