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Unnamed (west of Sunset 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10307980
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (west of Sunset Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.58948, 64.61538 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is a large block of patented claims (U.S. Mineral Survey No. 1320) about 2.5 miles long, generally oriented easterly and almost 1 mile wide. The claim block extends north into the foothills but is mostly on the upper coastal plain west of Sunset Creek (NM173). The block is inferred to be located on an intermediate and unnamed buried beach deposit on the coastal plain. The location used here is the approximate center of the claim block.

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
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) Pzncs
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This prospect is a large block of patented claims (U.S. Mineral Survey No. 1320) about 2.5 miles long, generally oriented easterly and almost 1 mile wide. The claim block extends north into the foothills but is mostly on the upper coastal plain, west of Sunset Creek (NM173). The block is inferred to be located on an intermediate and unnamed buried beach deposit on the coastal plain.
  • Age = Quaternary.

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 = The claims were sufficiently explored to obtain patent (U.S. Mineral Survey No. 1320) on a large block. They are not known to have been developed. The claims predate 1925 because they appear on a Hammon Consolidated Goldfields map of that date.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = This report

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Buried beach placer?

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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