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Nigikpalvgururvrak Creek

Past Producer 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 10001217
MRDS ID A011930
Record type Site
Current site name Nigikpalvgururvrak Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.89436, 67.71514 (WGS84)
Relative position Small placer gold mine near the mouth of Nigikpalvgururvrak Creek, in the NW 1/4 of sec. 26, T. 27 N., R. 13 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. Locality 7 of Grybeck and Nelson, 1981. Location accurate to within 300 ft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Survey Pass C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Survey Pass N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Survey Pass(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Noatak River(hydrologic unit)

Noatak River-Lisburne Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gates of the Arctic National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

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) -155.89436, 67.71514
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Placer gold may be derived from nearby pyritic quartz veins in phyllite of the Hunt Fork Shale (Degenhart and others, 1978). A few tens of ounces of gold per year were being produced for several years in the mid-1970's; production may have continued for some further uncertain period. No record of mining prior to 1970's nor any record of substanital production in recent years.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Noatak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Minor gold production using small-scale, non-mechanized methods up to about 1978. Production of gold amounted to a few tens of ounces/year (Degenhart and others, 1978).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Degenhart, C.E., Griffis, R.J., McQuat, J.F., and Bigelow, C.G., 1978, Mineral studies of the western Brooks Range performed under contract to the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Contract #JO155089: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 103-78, 529 p., 11 sheets.

  • Deposit

    Grybeck, D.J., and Nelson, S.W., 1981, Mineral deposit map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-F, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Degenhart and others, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Stream placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Deposit Other Comments = If claims are still valid on this site, they are surrounded by Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, where prospecting and mining have been prohibited since 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-SEP-1999 S.W. Nelson U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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