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Unnamed (northwest of the mouth of Quartz Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307960
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (northwest of the mouth of Quartz Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.01948, 64.56587 (WGS84)
Relative position A vein containing gray copper was reported by Collier and others (1908) on a steep bluff above Norton Sound about one-half mile west of the mouth of Quartz Creek (NM122). The vein is only approximately located, probably within a third of a mile. This occurrence was included as part of locality 63 by Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nome N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

King Island Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A quartz-sulfide (sulfosalt) vein several feet thick was reported by Collier and others (1908, p. 215) to be exposed on the bluffs above Norton Sound a short distance west of Quartz Creek. The vein was concordant to schistosity at a contact between chloritic and graphitic schist layers. Assays reported only trace amounts of gold and silver. The sulfide or sulfosalt mineral is described only as gray copper, most probably tennantite. The vein was lenticular and reportedly 'thinned rapidly' (Collier and others, 1908).
  • Age = Because the vein is concordant to metamorphic foliation, it could be older than mid-Cretaceous, but a younger age is also possible.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Prospecting activity occurred in the area shortly after the discovery of gold at Nome in 1898. The vein was discovered about 1903 or earlier.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Quartz-sulfide (sulfosalt) vein in metamorphic rocks.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAR-00 Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. Hawley Resource Group

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