Unnamed (Short Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10307956
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed (Short Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-165.40451, 64.84319 (WGS84)
Relative position	This occurrence is on the ridge crest at the head of Short Creek, a north tributary to upper Stewart River. It is at an elevation of 2,100 feet and is locality 41 of Hummel (1962 [MF 248]).

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

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Arsenopyrite	Ore
Pyrite	Ore
Pyrrhotite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-165.40451, 64.84319	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = Hummel (1962 [MF 248]) identified this as an iron sulfide occurrence with arsenopyrite, pyrite, and possibly pyrrhotite. It may be in crosscutting veins or disseminated in the amphibolite facies, biotite-bearing metasedimentary bedrock (Bundzten and others, 1994). It is not known if other sulfide minerals are present.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Nome

Comments on the workings information

Workings / Exploration = Possibly some surface propecting as part of the regional exploration in the area.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	NM116

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

Bundtzen, T.K., Reger, R.D., Laird, G.M., Pinney, D.S., Clautice, K.H., Liss, S.A., and Cruse, G.R., 1994, Progress report on the geology and mineral resources of the Nome mining district: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Public Data-File 94-39, 21 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Hummel, 1962 (MF 248)

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Model Name = Arsenopyrite, pyrite, and possibly pyrrhotite in veins or disseminated in amphibolite facies metasedimentary rocks.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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