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Unnamed (Arctic Creek)

Occurrence 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. 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 10307973
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (Arctic Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.77668, 64.62728 (WGS84)
Relative position A quartz-ankerite vein crops out on the north bank of Arctic Creek about 800 feet west of the mouth of Bluff Creek. This is about 2 miles down Arctic Creek from the Nome-Teller road. The location is accurate within about 500 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-2(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)

Federal lands

Sitnasuak Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.77668, 64.62728
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A quartz-ankerite vein that strikes northeast and dips about 50 degrees to the northwest is exposed on the north bank of Arctic Creek about 800 feet below the mouth of Bluff Creek. The vein itself is apparently barren, but gold can be panned from its wall rocks. The vein appears to be on the structure called the Aurora fault by Bundtzen and others (1994). Mineralization at this and nearby sites may have contributed placer gold to the deposits mined in lower Arctic Creek (NM155).
  • Age = Mid-Cretaceous or younger; located on a structure that cuts rocks metamorphosed in the mid-Cretaceous.

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 = The vein is exposed in a natural outcrop.

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = This report

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (Cox and singer, 1986; model 36a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAR-00 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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