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Garryowen Creek?

Prospect 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 10308018
Record type Site
Current site name Garryowen Creek?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -160.53034, 64.9101 (WGS84)
Relative position The location of Garryowen Creek in the Norton Bay quadrangle is uncertain; it is not named on any U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps of the quadrangle. Cobb (1976 [OFR 76-866]) suggests that this prospect is not on the Garryowen Creek in the Candle quadrangle. Instead, he places it on an unnamed, approximately 8-mile-long tributary to the Inglutalik River, about 12 miles northeast of its mouth. We infer from Cobb's description that this tributary is Garryowen Creek. The coordinates are for this location. The location is accurate within 50 miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norton Bay D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Norton Bay N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Norton Bay C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Norton Bay(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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) -160.53034, 64.9101
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Colors of gold were reported along Garryowen Creek prior to 1911 (Smith and Eakin, 1911). There is no record of any subsequent prospecting or mining. The rocks in the vicinity of Garryowen Creek are Cretaceous Shaktolik Group graywacke, shale, conglomerate, and grit, and Cretaceous Ungalik conglomerate (Cass, 1959).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Koyuk

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Colors of gold were reported along Garryowen Creek prior to 1911 (Smith and Eakin, 1911). There is no record of any subsequent prospecting or mining.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Smith and Eakin, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-01 Cameron, C.E. Northern Associates Inc.

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