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Kasson 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. 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 10001801
MRDS ID A012608
Record type Site
Current site name Kasson Creek
Related records 10160074

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.41133, 64.69125 (WGS84)
Relative position Kasson Creek is a headwater tributary of Shovel Creek (SO017), about 3.8 miles northwest of Quigleys Camp on the Solomon River. Placer mining has occurred for 1 mile upstream of the mouth at an elevation of about 250 feet. This is locality 89 of Cobb (1972, MF 445; 1978, OF 78-181).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solomon C-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)

Federal lands

Solomon 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
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 Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -164.41133, 64.69125
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The bedrock along this part of Kasson Creek is marble and gold was found in crevices and pockets from 10 to 30 feet deep; paystreaks were from 16 to 100 feet wide (Collier and others, 1908). The spotty, deep character of the deposits suggests that karst features as at Daniels Creek (SO006) controlled gold deposition (Cobb, 1978, OF 78-181). Smith (1910) notes that gravels are practically absent and that, at least locally, 3 feet of fine sand is present on bedrock. The recovered gold is reported to be fine and well rounded although some is relatively coarse (Smith, 1910). Asher (1969, DGGS R33) collected a float sample of limonite-stained calcareous schist with disseminated sulfides that assayed 0.07 ounces gold per ton. Bedrock is part of a lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Sainsbury and others, 1972, OFR 511; Till and others, 1986).
  • Age = Quaternary; the location and elevation of about 250 feet indicate that these placer deposits may have been influenced by Quaternary sea level fluctuations (also see Problem Creek, SO170).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The creek was mined in early years mostly by small-scale hand methods; open-cut dozer (?) operations took place in the 1930s (Cobb, 1978, OF 78-181). Some early mining may have also taken place on two tributaries to Kasson Creek, Lost and Topnotch Creeks (Smith, 1910).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908

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 19-AUG-1999 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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