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Village Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10308381
Record type Site
Current site name Village Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -168.06343, 65.61925 (WGS84)
Relative position Village Creek flows into Bering Sea at the village of Wales, one mile north of Cape Prince of Wales. A placer tin concentration is located about one mile northeast of the stream mouth where the stream gradient decreases as the drainage enters onto the coastal lowland from its headwaters in the uplands of Cape Mountain. This is locality 22 of Cobb and Sainsbury (1972). Cobb (1975) summarized relevant references under the name 'Village Cr.'.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller C-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller W OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wales Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 123
USGS model code 39e
Deposit model name Alluvial placer Sn

Nearby scientific data

(1) -168.06343, 65.61925
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Village Creek drains the northwest uplands of the Cape Mountain granite stock (Hudson and Arth, 1983). Eight USBM churn-drill holes (Heide and Sanford, 1948) define one area where average tin grades are 0.1 lb. Sn per cubic yard (Mulligan, 1966, p. 19). This area is located where the stream gradient decreases as the drainage passes from steeper uplands to the coastal lowlands. Beach sands with shells are described in churn-drill holes at an elevation of 43 feet (Mulligan, 1966, p. 18). The tin in this drainage is present in small amounts compared to others peripheral to Cape Mountain known to be associated with significant lode tin deposits (Mulligan, 1966, p. 19-21).
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Port Clarence

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Eight USBM churn-drill holes (Heide and Sanford, 1948).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Brooks, A.H., 1907, The Alaskan mining industry in 1906: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 314, p. 19-39.

  • Deposit

    Heide, H.E., Wright, W.S., and Sanford, R.S., 1946, Exploration of Cape Mountain lode-tin deposits, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 3978, 16 p.

  • Deposit

    Heide, H.E., and Sanford, R.S., 1948, Churn drilling at Cape Mountain tin placer deposits, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 4345. 14 p.

  • Deposit

    Mulligan, J.J., 1966, Tin-lode investigations, Cape Mountain area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska; with a section on petrography by W. L. Gnagy: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6737, 43 p.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

  • Deposit

    Hudson, T.L., and Arth, J. G., 1983, Tin-granites of Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 94, p. 768-790.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Heide and Sanford, 1948; Mulligan, 1966 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Alluvial tin placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39e)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAY-98 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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