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Unnamed (east of lower Penny River)

Past Producer 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 10307984
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (east of lower Penny River)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.65698, 64.62858 (WGS84)
Relative position A gold placer mine was mapped at this locality by Sainsbury and others (1972 [OFR 72-321]). It is shown as a linear trend of workings about one-half mile long and oriented northwest. It trends across the nose of a low hill at an elevation of about 110 feet. It is 0.9 miles north of the present coastline of Norton Sound and 2.6 miles northeast of the mouth of Penny River. The location used here is about the mid-point of the placer and is accurate to within 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 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

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Sainsbury and others (1972 [OFR 72-321]) mapped a linear trend of placer workings about one-half mile long that trends northwest at an elevation of about 110 feet across the nose of a low north-trending hill. The low hill probably marks a bedrock ridge that was eroded during Quaternary sea-level transgressions across the coastal plain. The position and elevation of these workings suggest that they are correlative with the beach placer at Sunset Creek (NM173) about 3.3 miles to the northeast. This beach placer is probably part of the Third Beach system of the Nome coastal plain as concluded by Sainsbury and others (1972 [OFR 72-321]). It could also be an unnamed intermediate beach deposit.
  • Age = Late Pleistocene.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface workings are present at the site.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sainsbury, C.L., Hudson, T.L., Ewing, Rodney, and Marsh, W.R., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nome C-2 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-321, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Sainsbury and others, 1972 (OFR 72-321)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Beach placer Au.

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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