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Gold Run Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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 10003083
MRDS ID A015612
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Run Creek
Related records 10257710

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -160.36356, 67.28947 (WGS84)
Relative position This placer deposit is thought to be near the mouth of Gold Run Creek. It is in section 23, T. 22 N., R. 8 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. Cobb (1972, MF-386), location 8.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baird Mountains B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Baird Mountains S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baird Mountains C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kobuk River(hydrologic unit)

Kobuk-Selawik Rivers(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite 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) -160.36356, 67.28947
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Placer gold occurs in alluvial deposits overlying kyanite schist on Gold Run Creek. A few ounces of placer gold were recovered during assessment work in 1931 or earlier. Scheelite is a common mineral in the placer concentrates, and kyanite, scheelite and wolframite make up a considerable portion of a sample obtained about 11 miles upstream from the mouth. Kyanite in the schist bedrock occurs in bands of coarse, bladed crystals, some as much as 10 inches in length. The width of the zone of kyanite in one prospect cut is 2 feet. It is exposed for a distance of 18 feet. Other narrower bands have been encountered in the same area (Anderson, 1947).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kiana

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Assessment work was done to hold several claims on the creek in the early 1930's.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Reed, 1932

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-DEC-99 Williams, Anita U.S. Geological Survey

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