Charley Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Bismuth
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009203
MRDS ID D001940
Record type Site
Current site name Charley Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.08659, 64.49929 (WGS84)
Relative position ON CHARLEY CREEK 35 MILES NORTH OF NOME

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Bismuthinite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 2 OZ. OF PT PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) Qs

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD; 1952, P. 41

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED USGS FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROX.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.