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Nugget 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. 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 10000583
MRDS ID A011033
Record type Site
Current site name Nugget Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.86333, 67.4797 (WGS84)
Relative position Nugget Creek heads into the northwest flank of Poss Mountain and flows northwest to the Middle Fork Koyukuk River. Its confluence with the Middle Fork is approximately 3 miles north of Minnie Creek Lake. The precise location of this prospect is unknown. The reference point is plotted near where the creek enters the Middle Fork valley (sec. 30, T. 31 N., R. 10 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian). The location is accurate within a 1/2-mile radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chandalar B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Chandalar S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chandalar(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.86333, 67.4797
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Reed (1938, p. 30) reported that fair prospects had been found on Nugget Creek although very little mining had been done. He speculated that the creek might be developed in time into an economic mine. Mapping shows the creek to drain an area of Devonian quartz-muscovite schist and chloritic siltstone and grit (Brosgi and Reiser, 1964). No other information is available.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Koyukuk

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Prospecting.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Reed, 1938

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1999 J.M. Britton U.S. Geological Survey

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