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Scotia (Anvil 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 10308002
Record type Site
Current site name Scotia (Anvil Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.40267, 64.57778 (WGS84)
Relative position The Scotia prospect is at an elevation of about 250 feet on the northwest side of Anvil Creek, and its about 300 feet southwest of the Snake River road switchback where it crosses Anvil Creek. The prospect is locality 16 of Hummel (1962 [MF 247]). The map location is just inside the east-central boundary of section 35, T. 10 S., R. 34 W., Kateel River Meridian; it is probably accurate to within 500 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-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)

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
Arsenopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Scotia prospect is probably within sheared wallrock near the Anvil fault. Cathcart (1922, p. 239) reported that an 8-inch quartz-calcite vein occured in a short tunnel on the Scotia claim; pyrite and arsenopyrite were present in both schist and vein material. Bedrock in the general area is mostly graphitic schist, probably of early Paleozoic protolith age (Hummel, 196 [MF 247]; Sainsbury, Hummel, and Hudson, 1972 [OFR 72-326]; Till and Dumoulin, 1994; Bundtzen and others, 1994).
  • Age = Mid-Cretaceous or younger; vein cuts schist and marble metamorphosed during the mid-Cretaceous.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A 10-foot tunnel was reported by Cathcart (1922, p. 239).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cathcart, 1922

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUL-00 Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. Hawley Resource Group

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