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David Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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 10308664
Record type Site
Current site name David Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.162, 64.8446 (WGS84)
Relative position David Creek is an east tributary to upper Nome River. This occurrence is in the headwaters of David Creek at an elevation of 1,650 feet; it is locality 60 of Hummel (1975).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome D-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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Gangue = Carbonate

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • Development of silica-rich rocks in marble, silicification?

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.162, 64.8446
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Hummel (1975) identified this occurrence as stratabound, sulfidized, silicified marble; additional information was not provided. Other stratabound mineralization in the area consists of copper-bearing, silica-rich rock in marble as at NM051, NM053, NM054, and NM055.
  • Age = Late Proterozoic, early Paleozoic, or mid-Cretaceous.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hummel, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Carbonate-hosted, sulfide-bearing silica-rich rock.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-OCT-99 Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. Hawley Resource Group

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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