| Deposit ID | 10308424 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Quartz Creek (Ear Mountain area) |
| Geographic coordinates: | -166.33445, 65.9033 (WGS84) |
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| Relative position | Quartz Creek is an east tributrary to Tuttle Creek that drains the southwest flank of Ear Mountain. It crosses the contact zone, and has headwaters in, the Ear Mountain granite stock (Sainsbury, 1972). Ear Mountain is an isolated upland reaching 2,329 feet elevation in the north-central Teller D-3 quadrangle. Three USBM churn-drill holes were completed at about 370 feet elevation and two were completed at about 680 feet elevation on this creek (Mulligan, 1959, p. 20). Coordinates for this occurrence are for the location at the lower elevation. This is locality 51 of Cobb and Sainsbury (1972). Cobb (1975) summarized references to this location under the name 'Quartz Cr.'. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nome(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Teller D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Teller C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)
Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tin Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Model code | 123 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39e |
| Deposit model name | Alluvial placer Sn |
| (1) | -166.33445, 65.9033 |
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| Development status | Occurrence |
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| District name | Port Clarence |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | TE062 |
Killeen, P L., and Ordway, R.J., 1955, Radioactivity investigations at Ear Mountain, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 1945: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1024-C, p. 59-94.
Mulligan, J.J., 1959, Tin placer and lode investigations, Ear Mountain area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 5493, 53 p.
Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Geologic map of the Teller quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map I-685, 4 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., and Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Metallic mineral resource map of the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-426, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1975, Tungsten occurrences in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map MR-66, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-587, 130 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Alluvial tin placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39e) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-MAY-98 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |
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