| Deposit ID | 10308968 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A012919 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Basin Creek |
| Related records | 10160173, 10002066 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -165.28708, 64.68139 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This alluvial placer gold mine is on Basin Creek, an east tributary to Nome River. About 7,000 to 8,000 feet of Basin Creek, between elevations of 150 and 350 feet, have been placer mined. The map location is 0.6 mile upstream of the mouth of Basin Creek, about where it enters the Nome River floodplain, in the NW1/4 section 28, T. 9 S., R. 33 W., Kateel River Meridian. It is locality 112 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]). The location is accurate to within about 500 feet. |
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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| (1) | -165.28708, 64.68139 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Nome |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | NM301 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012919 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002575 |
Brooks, A.H., Richardson, G. B., and Collier, A. J., 1901, Reconnaissance in the Cape Nome and Norton Bay regions, Alaska, in 1900: U.S. Geological Survey Special Publication, p. 1-180.
Purington, C.W., 1905, Methods and costs of gravel and placer mining in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 263, 273 p.
Collier, A. J., Hess, F.L., Smith, P.S., and Brooks, A.H., 1908, The gold placers of parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, including the Nome, Council, Kougarok, Port Clarence, and Goodhope precincts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 328, 343 p.
Moffit, F.H., 1913, Geology of the Nome and Grand Central quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 533, 140 p.
Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome C-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-247, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.
Till, A.B., and Dumoulin, J.A, 1994, Geology of Seward Peninsula and St. Lawrence Island, in Plafker, G., and Berg, H.C., eds., The Geology of Alaska: Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, DNAG, v. G-1, p. 141-152.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a). |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Basin Creek has been one of the most productive creeks on the east side of the Nome River in the Nome district. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-JUL-00 | Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. | Hawley Resource Group |
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