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Canyon Creek

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. 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 10002108
MRDS ID A012972
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon Creek
Related records 10112365

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.93554, 64.95039 (WGS84)
Relative position Canyon Creek is a major drainage in the western Kigluaik Mountains. Placer mining claims were reported along about 6 miles of the stream and the location given is the approximate mid-point of the claimed area This is Kardex site Kx 52-89 of Heiner and Porter (1972, p. 162).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(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) -165.93554, 64.95039
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Canyon Creek is a major drainage in the western Kigluaik Mountains. Placer mining claims were reported along about 6 miles of the stream, and the location given is the approximate mid-point of the claimed area shown as Kardex site Kx 52-89 by Heiner and Porter (1972, p. 162). Smith (1930 [B 810-A]) reported prospecting activity on one locality in 1927. The creek is in a broad glacially sculpted valley. Placer gold deposits are probably of transient river-bar type derived from undiscovered lodes in the Kigluaik Mountains. Bedrock in this area is mostly amphibolite facies metasedimentary rocks (Sainsbury, Hummel, and Hudson, 1972; Till and Dumoulin, 1994; Hannula and others, 1995).
  • Age = Holocene.

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 = Exploration work has probably only been by pan or rocker; some gold may have been produced at one locality in 1927 (Smith, 1930, B 810-A, p. 36).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Heiner and Porter, 1972

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-OCT-99 Hawley, C.C. Hawley Resource Group
Reporter 22-OCT-99 Travis L. Hudson Hawley Resource Group

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