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Deer 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 10308733
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -167.65741, 65.50126 (WGS84)
Relative position Deer Creek is the second east tributary to the Anikovik River upstream 0.9 miles from the mouth of Anikovik River at York on the Bering Sea. York is about 9 miles east of Tin City. This is locality 36 of Cobb and Sainsbury (1972). Cobb (1975) summarized relevant references under the name 'Deer Cr., trib. Anikovik R.'.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wales 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

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) -167.65741, 65.50126
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Bedrock in the Deer Creek drainage is a sequence of thin-bedded, slaty metapelite and metasandstone of unknown but probable Paleozoic age that is locally intruded by altered mafic bodies. Brooks (1901, p. 134-135) reports the presence of placer gold and one gold nugget was also recovered from a limonitic nodule in carbonaceous slate.
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Port clarence

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Yes, but probably very minor

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Probably some attempts at small scale hand mining.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Brooks, A.H., 1901, A reconnaissance of the Cape Nome and adjacent goldfields of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, in 1900: U.S. Geological Survey Special Publication. p. 1-180.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., and Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Metallic mineral resource map of the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-426, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Geologic map of the Teller quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map I-685, 4 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-587, 130 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Brooks, 1901

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAY-1998 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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