| Deposit ID | 10308440 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Upper Quartz Creek |
| Geographic coordinates: | -166.29534, 65.02427 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | Upper Quartz Creek as shown on the south-central Teller A-3 topographic map is a separate south tributary to Gold Run who's mouth is 0.9 miles upstream from the mouth of Quartz Creek. The 1:250,000 scale Teller quadrangle topographic map shows this drainage to be Sunset Creek and its tributary Slate Creek. The nomenclature shown on the Teller A-3 topographic map is used here. Sainsbury and others (1969) show the location of placer mining operations to be along 0.4 miles of the main drainage at surface elevations of 595 to 640 feet. This is just below the headwater fork, 1 mile upstream from the confluence with Gold Run. This was not identified as a separate locality by Cobb and Sainsbury (1972) or Cobb (1975). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nome(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Teller A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Teller SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Teller C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Nome(hydrologic unit)
Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Teller Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)
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NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| (1) | -166.29534, 65.02427 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
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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 | TE098 |
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, 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 Au placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-MAY-98 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |
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