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Unnamed Gold Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002555
MRDS ID A013498
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.51978, 65.47347 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Within 0.25 Mile Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(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 Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Carbonates Replaced By Sideritic Carbonate Containing Quartz Veinlets.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.51978, 65.47347
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Discoverer Usgs (Sainsbury And Others)

Mining district

District name Port Clarence

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • NONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-426, LOC. 19 (1972)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 377 (OF 69-236), P. 17-18, SAMPLE NOS. ACB-332, 334 (1969)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 75-587 (1975)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTERED BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE ALONG THRUST FAULT NEAR COCO CREEK CONTAINED TRACE AMOUNTS OF GOLD. LIMESTONE CONTAINS SMALL QUARTZ VEINLETS AND IS FAINTLY PYRITIZED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-87 Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.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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