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Cleveland Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Iron, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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 10307976
Record type Site
Current site name Cleveland Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.72249, 64.65918 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence, called the Cleveland Creek gossan by Herreid (1970), is at an elevation of about 600 feet on the south side of hill 738 in the headwaters of Cleveland Creek, an east tributary to Cripple River. The occurrence was mapped by Bundtzen and others (1994). It is 2,400 feet northeast of the Nome-Teller road; the location is accurate.

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-2(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)

Federal lands

Sitnasuak 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
Iron Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.72249, 64.65918
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = An iron oxide occurrence lies on the south side of hill 738 in the headwaters of Cleveland Creek in or adjacent to the massive marble unit of Bundtzen and others (1994) Herreid (1970, p. 18) called this the Cleveland Creek gossan and found anomalous amounts of lead and zinc, as at the nearby Cub Bear prospect (NM133) and some other iron oxide prospects of the Sinuk River area. The Cleveland Creek occurrence may be in a structural and stratigraphic setting similar to those at the Quarry (NM135) and Galena (NM130) prospects.
  • Age = Post mid-Cretaceous, the age of regional metamophism of the country rocks.

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 = Surface exposures in natural outcrop and rubble crop; some geochemical sampling by Herried (1970).

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Herreid, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Iron oxide vein and replacement of marble and schist.

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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