| Deposit ID | 10308958 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A012841 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bonanza Hill |
| Alternate or previous names | Gold Bug, Golden Eagle |
| Related records | 10001997 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -165.41777, 64.58978 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | The Gold Bug and Golden Eagle prospects reportedly are at an elevation of about 400 feet, halfway between Mountain Creek and Snow Gulch. This prospect, about 2,200 feet northwest of the top of Bonanza Hill, was shown as locality 3 by Hummel (1962 [MF 247]). The locality is included with the Jorgensen and other nearby claims in locality 47 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-9). The map location is just south of the center of section 26, T. 10 S., R. 34 W., Kateel River Meridian. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nome(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nome C-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)
Federal lands
Sitnasuak Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)
ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)
NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| (1) | -165.41777, 64.58978 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Nome |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | NM228 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012841 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012905 |
Cathcart, S.H., 1922, Metalliferous lodes in southern Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722, p. 163-261.
Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome C-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-247, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Sainsbury, C.L., Hummel, C.L., and Hudson, Travis, 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nome quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-326, 28 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.
Till, A.B., and Dumoulin, J.A, 1994, Geology of Seward Peninsula and St. Lawrence Island, in Plafker, G., and Berg, H.C., eds., The Geology of Alaska: Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, DNAG, v. G-1, p. 141-152.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a). |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Chapin (1914, p. 401) proposed that the vein exposed on the Gold Bug and Golden Eagle claims is the same as the vein at the New Era tunnel. This assertion is doubtful, because extensive trenching and some drilling indicate that veins in this area are discontinuous. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-JUL-00 | Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. | Hawley Resource Group |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.