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Coal 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 10002003
MRDS ID A012848
Record type Site
Current site name Coal Creek
Related records 10160313

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.92247, 64.73511 (WGS84)
Relative position Coal Creek is a west tributary to Sinuk River; the mouth of Coal Creek is about three-quarters of a mile upstream from where the Nome-Teller road crosses Sinuk River. Coal Creek is not identified by name on the current U.S. Geological Survey Nome C-2 quadrangle map. The mine is in the south 1/2 section 5, T. 9 S., R. 36 W., Kateel River Meridian. It is located to within about a quarter mile. This is locality 59 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]).

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-2(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

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) -165.92247, 64.73511
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Coal Creek placer gold mine is developed on graphitic schist and coal-bearing Tertiary sedimentary rocks that may be downfaulted against schist. Herreid (1970, figure 1, p. 10) described the Tertiary sedimentary rocks as conglomerate with marble and schist fragments; coal beds are present in these sediments along Coal Creek. Collier and others (1908, p. 84) reported that the coal-bearing strata along Coal Creek had a northwest strike and dipped southwest at about 30 degrees. An adit driven in the west bank of Coal Creek crosscut layers of bitiminous coal about 16 inches thick that are separated and floored by fire clay layers. They proposed that the coal basin probably covered about one-half of a square mile.? Placer gold was found in the gravels of Coal Creek as the creek was being prospected for coal (Collier and others, 1908, p. 217). Hydraulic mining was proposed for the creek with water from a source in the Kigluaik Mountains but was apparently never undertaken on a large scale. Some placer gold here may have been derived from reworking of the Tertiary sedimentary rocks.
  • Age = Quaternary; gold may have been derived by rewoking of Tertiary sedimentary rocks.

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 = Some small-scale surface placer gold workings are present. An adit was used to prospect coal beds in the area.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAR-00 Hawley, C.C. Hawley Resource Group
Reporter 12-MAR-00 Travis L. Hudson Hawley Resource Group

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