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Nugget Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Bismuth
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002026
MRDS ID A012872
Record type Site
Current site name Nugget Creek Placer
Related records 10209084

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.67496, 64.68289 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIB. OF OREGON CR.

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

Comments on the location information

  • POINT ABOUT 1000 FT ABOVE MOUTH; MINING NEAR MOUTH AND 1 MILE UPSTREAM. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BISMUTH NUGGEW WITH PIECE OF AU EMBEDDED WAS FOUND.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Scheelite Gangue
Gold Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: MARBLE BEDROCK CUT BY TWO GREENSTONE DIKES; ONE DIKE, PYRITIFEROUS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Comments on development

  • MINING REPORTED: 1900, 1903, 1905, 1914; HYDRAULIC METHODS USED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT MOUTH: PAY GRAVEL IN CHANNEL 25 FT WIDE AND 6-20 FT DEEP, AU ON CLAY LAYER ABOVE CARBONATE BEDROCK; 1 MI UPSTREAM: PAY GRAVEL 3-6 FT DEEP AND 30-50 FT WIDE, "PINCHED OUT" IN 1 SEASON.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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