| Deposit ID | 10107533 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A012742 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Quartz Creek |
| Related records | 10233174 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -164.70725, 65.36043 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | Quartz Creek crosses the Nome-Taylor road at about mile 78.5 (Brakes Bottom). Cobb (1972,1975) reports that placer mining took place from about 3,000 feet upstream of the road crossing to the intersection of North Fork of Quartz Creek and Quartz Creek, a total distance of about 7,000 feet. This is locality 42 of Cobb (1972; MF 417). |
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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| (1) | -164.70725, 65.36043 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Kougarok |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012742 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | BN008 |
Brooks, A.H., Richardson, G. B., and Collier, A. J., 1901, Reconnaissance in the Cape Nome and Norton Bay regions, Alaska, in 1900: U.S. Geological Survey Special Publication, p. 1-180.
Collier, A. J., Hess, F.L., Smith, P.S., and Brooks, A.H., 1908, The gold placers of parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, including the Nome, Council, Kougarok, Port Clarence, and Goodhope precincts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 328, 343 p.
Hopkins, D.M., 1963, Geology of the Imuruk Lake area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1141-C, p. C1-C101.
Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-429, 123 p.
Sainsbury, C.L., 1975, Geology, ore deposits, and mineral potential of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 73-75, 108 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-417, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
| 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). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 15-MAR-1999 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |
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