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Quartz Creek (headwaters)

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 10002017
MRDS ID A012863
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Creek (headwaters)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.01717, 64.60038 (WGS84)
Relative position Quartz Creek flows south to Norton Sound in the southeast corner of the Nome C-3 quadrangle. The locality, reported by Sainsbury and others (1972 [OFR 72-322]), is in upper Quartz Creek about 3 miles above the mouth. The location is accurate to about 1,000 feet. The locality is in the south 1/2 section 23, T. 10 S., R. 37 W., Kateel River Meridian. This is locality 63 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-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nome N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(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

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Sainsbury and others (1972 [OFR 72-322]) reported a small area of placer gold mining on upper Quartz Creek. The placer gold was on bedrock, but glacial moraine or outwash has been mapped nearby and upstream of the placer workings. Bedrock in the area is mainly impure marble and calc-schist.
  • Age = Quaternary.

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 workings are present, but little information is available.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Sainsbury and others, 1972 (OFR 72-322)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a); possible derivation from reworking of glacial deposits.

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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