Garfield Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10100983
MRDS ID A012734
Record type Site
Current site name Garfield Creek
Related records 10232756

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.50837, 65.45933 (WGS84)
Relative position Garfield Creek is a south-flowing tributary to the Kuzitrin River. Placer gold mining has taken place on this drainage near the mouth of Angeles Creek. Sainsbury and others (1969) show 1,000 feet of placer workings just upstream of the eastern boundary of the Bendeleben B-6 quadrangle. This location is 5.2 miles east of the Nome-Taylor road from a point at about mile 85.5. This is locality 40 of Cobb (1972; MF 417; 1975; 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -164.50837, 65.45933

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Placer mining took place early in the century on a shallow , 2 foot-thick paystreak that rests on a white clay false bedrock (Collier and others, 1908). Initial mining produced $25,000 (about 1,400 ounces) in 1900-1901. Sainsbury and others (1969) report intensely mashed and veined slaty rocks supposedly near an inferred thrust fault somewhere in the vicinity of Garfield Creek. This is an area of extensive tundra cover and bedrock exposures are minimal. The mapping by Sainsbury and others (1969) does suggest that Lower Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks (Till and others, 1986) are present in this area.
  • 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 Kougarok

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Early production is reported to be $25,000 or about 1,400 ounces (at $18 per ounce). Placer mining took place here after WW II and additional but unknown amounts of gold has been produced.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface, open-cut placer mining including dozer and sluice operations have taken place here. Sainsbury and others (1969) show 1,000 feet of placer workings just upstream of the Bendeleben B-6 quadrangle eastern boundary.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1975 (OFR 75-429)

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 15-MAR-1999 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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