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Sam Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000255
MRDS ID A010297
Record type Site
Current site name Sam Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -160.79663, 59.83234 (WGS84)
Relative position Sam Creek is a west tributary to the Kanektok River. This placer prospect is about 3 miles upstream of the mouth of Sam Creek, in the NE1/4 of section 16, T 4 S, R 68 W, of the Seward Meridian. It is included in Hoare and Cobb (1977) under the name 'Sam Ck.'. The location is probably accurate within about 1/2 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodnews Bay D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Goodnews Bay NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goodnews Bay C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Togiak National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Gemuk Group
    Rock description Gemuk Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -160.79663, 59.83234
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Hoare and Coonrad (1961) show this site to be a placer prospect. A small sluice box and a small area of surface diggings were abandoned before 1950 (Hoare and Cobb, 1977). No additional information is available for this deposit. Bedrock in the Sam Creek drainage includes sedimentary rocks of the Cretaceous Kuskokwim Group, intruded by a small, Upper Cretaceous (68.7 +/- 3 Ma) stock (Hoare and Coonrad, 1978).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bethel

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A small sluice box and small surface diggings at this site were abandoned before 1950 (Hoare and Coonrad, 1977).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1961, Geologic map of the Goodnews quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-339, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.

  • Deposit

    Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geologic map of the Goodnews and Hagemeister Island quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-B, two sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hoare and Cobb, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-MAR-2001 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

Beyond USGS

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