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Rube Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Uranium
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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 10003187
MRDS ID A015724
Record type Site
Current site name Rube Creek
Related records 10184867

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.06331, 65.3594 (WGS84)
Relative position This placer mine is on lower Rube Creek in section 35, T. 1 S., R. 12 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. Cobb, 1972 (MF-389), location 38.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Norton Bay(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
Platinum Critical Secondary
Uranium Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Gangue = black garnet (melanite)
  • Gangue = Chrome spinel

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Platinum Ore
Hematite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

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) -161.06331, 65.3594
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Small-scale placer mining was done on lower Rube Creek in the early 1900's. Gold is concentrated on clay-rich, false bedrock and in the overlying 2 to 3 feet of gravel. Overburden is a variable thickness of barren gravel and sand and two feet or more of muck. A report of platinum is not verified. The heavy mineral concentrates include an unusual amount of black garnet (Harrington, 1919).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Koyuk

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Small-scale placer mining was done on lower Rube Creek in the early 1900's. In 1945 the U.S. Geological Survey sampled the placer to evaluate its radioactive mineral potential. The site of old placer workings could not be found at that time. Little mining was done after the stampede in the early 1900's.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Harrington, 1919; Gault and others, 1953

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Deposit Other Comments = Stream gradient approximately 100 feet per mile in lower mile of creek.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JAN-00 Williams, Anita U.S. Geological Survey

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