| Deposit ID | 10001820 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A012633 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed (near Post Creek) |
| Related records | 10232882 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -164.02024, 64.97043 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | Post Creek is a small north tributary to the Niukluk River. The mouth of Post Creek is about 13 miles from Council. This is locality 11 of Cobb (1972, MF 445; 1978, OF 78-181) who shows this prospect to be on the south side of upper Post Creek in the northwest corner of the Solomon D-4 quadrangle. Gamble (1988, locality 89) shows this prospect to be located on the north side of the Niukluk River, 0.5 mile downstream of the mouth of Post Creek in the Solomon D-5 quadrangle. It is the location of Gamble (1988) that is used here. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nome(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Solomon D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Solomon(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 |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| (1) | -164.02024, 64.97043 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Council |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012633 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | SO059 |
Smith, P.S., 1907, Goldfields of the Solomon and Niukluk River basins: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 314, p. 146-156.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic resources map of the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-445, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-181, 185 p.
Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Gamble, B.M., 1988, Non-placer mineral occurrences in the Solomon, Bendeleben, and southern part of the Kotzebue quadrangles, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1838-B, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Apodoca, L. E., 1994, Genesis of lode gold deposits of the Rock Creek area, Nome mining district, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Boulder, Colorado, University of Colorado, Ph.D. dissertation, 208 p.
Hudson, T.L. 1994, Crustal melting events in Alaska, in Plafker, G., and Berg, H. C., eds., The Geology of Alaska: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. G-1, p. 657-670.
Goldfarb, R.J., Miller, L.D., Leach, D.L., and Snee, L.W, 1997, Gold deposits in metamorphic rocks in Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, 482 p.
Ford, R.C., 1993, Geology, geochemistry, and age of gold lodes at Bluff and Mt. Distin, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Golden, Colorado School of Mines, Ph.D. dissertation, 302 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Gold-quartz vein in metamorphic rocks?; low sulfide-Au quartz vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 19-AUG-1999 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |
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