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Wyoming

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
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  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308670
Record type Site
Current site name Wyoming

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.2499, 64.81729 (WGS84)
Relative position The Wyoming vein crops out in Dorothy Creek (NM097) above the confluence with Short Creek, a west tributary. It is at an elevation of about 700 feet. This is locality 20 of Hummel (1962 [MF 248]) and locality 58 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
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.2499, 64.81729
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Hummel (1962 [MF 248]) reported arsenopyrite, pyrite, and possibly pyrrhotite at this locality. Dorothy Creek (NM097) is auriferous, and Collier and others (1908) noted numerous quartz veins in schist bedrock of the drainage. The Wyoming prospect is apparently an arsenopyrite- and (or) pyrite-bearing vein. Antimony occurrences (NM068 and NM069) and the Bulk Gold prospects (NM071 and NM072) occur on the ridge along the southwest headwaters of Dorothy Creek . Bladed stibnite crystals were common in placer concentrates recovered from Dorothy Creek (Anderson, 1947).
  • Age = Mid-Cretaceous or younger; postdates regional metamorphism.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Prospect pits.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hummel, 1962 (MF 248)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Arsenopyrite- and (or) pyrite-bearing vein in metamorphic rocks.

Reporter information

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

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