Taylor Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10001880
MRDS ID A012703
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.7834, 65.68433 (WGS84)
Relative position Taylor Creek is a major east tributary to Kougarok River. The mouth of Taylor Creek is 1,000 feet north of the termination of the Nome-Taylor road at Taylor. Sainsbury and others (1969) show placer mine workings along about 1,500 of the active channel of Taylor Creek starting 1,500 feet upstream from the mouth. This is locality 27 of Cobb (1972; MF 417; 1975; OFR 75-429).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

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) -164.7834, 65.68433

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Early placer mining was reported here (Collier and others, 1908) but many reports of subsequent mining, particularly that by dredge operations, was probably for nearby parts of Kougarok River (BN035; Cobb, 1975, OFR 75-429). Sainsbury and others (1969) show placer mine workings along about 1,500 of the active channel of Taylor Creek starting 1,500 feet upstream from its mouth. Bedrock in the area is part of a Lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Sainsbury and others, 1969; Till and others, 1986). Some bedrock was apparently exposed by early mining (Collier and others, 1908). Placer deposits on active floodplains in this part of the Kougarok River drainage have probably resulted from at least two cycles of erosion and placer development.
  • Age = Quaternary; placer deposits on active floodplains in this part of the Kougarok River drainage have probably resulted from at least two cycles of erosion and placer development.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kougarok

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Sainsbury and others (1969) show surface open-cut placer mine workings along about 1,500 of the active channel of Taylor Creek starting 1,500 feet upstream from its mouth.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Sainsbury and others, 1969

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 15-MAR-1999 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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