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Atlas Creek

Past Producer 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009523
MRDS ID D002564
Record type Site
Current site name Atlas Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.7553, 65.36932 (WGS84)
Relative position Atlas Creek is a small north tributary to Quartz Creek. Quartz Creek crosses the Nome-Taylor road at about mile 78.5 (Brakes Bottom). The mouth of Atlas Creek is 4,500 feet upstream of the juncture between Quartz Creek and North Fork of Quartz Creek. This locality was not included by Cobb (1972; MF 417; OFR 75-429).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(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 Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -164.7553, 65.36932
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The lower 2,000 feet of Atlas Creek is shown to have been placer mined for gold by Sainsbury and others (1969). Bedrock is locally exposed in the area, primarily on the crest of nearby uplands and along lower Atlas Creek (Sainsbury and other,1969). Bedrock in the area is part of a Lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Sainsbury and others, 1969; Till and others, 1986). Sainsbury and others (1969) emphasize that gold placers in this area are associated with exposures of the metamorphic bedrock assemblage.
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Sainsbury and others (1969) show that the lower 2,000 feet of this drainage has been open-cut placer mined. This was probably by dozer and sluice operations.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Sainsbury and others, 1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Deposit Other Comments = Unnamed tributaries to Quartz Creek are reported to have scheelite in placer concentrates (Anderson, 1947).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-1999 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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