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Unnamed (near Ahlfield Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Alteration
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307950
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (near Ahlfield Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.1702, 64.80379 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is on a plateau on the ridge between Ahlfield and Christian Creeks at an elevation of 1,350 feet. Ahlfield Creek is a southeast tributary to Sulphur Creek. Both Sulphur and Christian Creeks are east tributaries to upper Nome River. It is 1.2 miles east of the Nome-Taylor road. This is locality 52 of Hummel (1975).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Solomon NW(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

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization?

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.1702, 64.80379
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Hummel (1975) identified this location as a mineral occurrence but gave no other information. The occurrence is in metasedimentary rocks that include dolomitized marble (Hummel, 1962 [MF 248]). It is in the hanging wall of a faulted, down-dropped schist section; the fault appears to control the course of lower Ahlfield Creek.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome D-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-248, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

  • Deposit

    Hummel, C.L., 1975, Mineral deposits and occurrences, and associated altered rocks, in southwest Seward Peninsula, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-2, 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Humel, 1975

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-OCT-99 Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. Hawley Resource Group

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

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