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Unnamed (near Hunter Creek)

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002556
MRDS ID A013499
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (near Hunter Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.20337, 65.41042 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is on the rideline between upper Hunter Creek and and tributary to Johnston Creek in the central Teller B-1 quadrangle. It is at an elevation of 900 feet adjacent to a saddle between the two drainages. This is locality 20 of Cobb and Sainsbury (1972). Cobb (1975) summarized the one reference to this occurrence under the name 'Unnamed occurrence'.

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-1(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)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification of carbonate rocks (?)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.20337, 65.41042
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence is in an area of intercalated metapelitic and metacarbonate rocks that may contain some quartzites. A sample of 'altered limestone with quartz veinlets' is reported to have anomalous gold (Sainsbury and others, 1969, p. 18, 36).??
  • Age = Not known

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Port Clarence

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = None

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Sainsbury and others, 1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Indeterminate.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAY-1998 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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