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Bursik and Kern (King Mountain)

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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001984
MRDS ID A012828
Record type Site
Current site name Bursik and Kern (King Mountain)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.35021, 64.59539 (WGS84)
Relative position Prospects developed by Bursik and Kern (Mertie, 1918, p. 429) are on the south and southwestern slopes of King Mountain in upper Anvil Creek and extending southeastward toward Dexter. The map location is at an elevation of 750 feet in the north-central part of section 30, T. 10 S., R. 33 W., Kateel River Meridian. The site corresponds to locality 45 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]), and locality 6 of Cathcart (1922, p. 238 and figure 18).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sitnasuak 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
Limonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching of marble and oxidation.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Eight claims owned by Bursik and Kern were located on the west and southwest flank of King Mountain (Mertie, 1918 [B 662-I, p. 429]; Cathcart, 1922, locality 6, figure 18). On the claims, bleached (?) marble probably contains lenses of white quartz, and iron-stained quartz and schist were reported in shallow shafts. The owners of the property reported that more than 100 assays from an 85-foot shaft ranged from 2.50 to 3.75 dollars per ton (about 0.125 to 0.175 ounce of gold per ton). Cathcart (1922, p. 238) found only a little mineralized schist and marble in a cut; no assays were made. The Anvil Creek fault transects the area nearby. This fault is a through-going, high-angle structure that juxtaposes different types of graphitic schist in this area (Hummel, 1962 [MF 247]). Bedrock at the prospect is mostly graphitic schist probably of early Paleozoic protolith age (Hummel, 1962 [MF 247]; Sainsbury, Hummel, and Hudson, 1972 [OFR 72-326]; Till and Dumoulin, 1994; Bundtzen and others, 1994).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = One 85-foot shaft (at an elevation of 700 feet), a 20-foot adit (at an elevation of 900 feet), and shallow shafts or pits were dug by Bursik and Kern before 1916 (Mertie, 1918 [B 662-I, p. 429]). More recent work has probably not been done in this area.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Mertie, 1918

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUL-00 Hawley, C.C. Hawley Resource Group
Reporter 10-JUL-00 Travis L. Hudson Hawley Resource Group

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