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Unnamed (south fork of Ahlfield Creek)

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307949
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (south fork of Ahlfield Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.1553, 64.81039 (WGS84)
Relative position Ahlfield Creek is a southeast tributary to Sulphur Creek, an east tributary to upper Nome River. This occurrence is 1.7 miles east of the Nome-Taylor road and at a elevation of 1,150 along the south fork of Ahlfield Creek. It is locality 51 of Hummel (1975), and its location is known to within about 1,000 feet.

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization?

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.1553, 64.81039
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Hummel (1975) identified this location as a mineral occurrence, but other information was not provided. The occurrence is in metasedimentary rocks that include dolomitized marble (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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Mineral occurrence in carbonate rocks.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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