Deposit ID | 10001789 |
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MRDS ID | A012594 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed (near Big Hurrah Creek) |
Geographic coordinates: | -164.26438, 64.65125 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This prospect is on the south side of Big Hurrah Creek (SO022) about 0.2 miles upstream of the mouth of Linda Vista Creek, a south tributary. This is locality 2 of Asher (1969, DGGS R33). |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Arsenopyrite | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Marcasite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 273 |
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USGS model code | 36a |
Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
Mark3 model number | 27 |
(1) | -164.26438, 64.65125 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Nome |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012594 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | SO144 |
Smith, P.S., 1910, Geology and mineral resources of the Solomon and Casadepaga quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 433, 234 p.
Asher, R.R., 1969, Geologic and geochemical study, Solomon C-5 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Geology Geologic Report 33, 64 p.
Sainsbury, C.L., Hudson, T.L., Ewing, R., and Marsh, W.R., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic maps of the Solomon D-5 and C-5 quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 511, 12 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic resources map of the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-445, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-181, 185 p.
Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Miller, E.L., and Hudson, T.L., 1991, Mid-Cretaceous extensional fragmentation of a Jurassic-Early Cretaceous compressional orogen, Alaska: Tectonics, v. 10, p. 781-796.
Apodoca, L. E., 1994, Genesis of lode gold deposits of the Rock Creek area, Nome mining district, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Boulder, Colorado, University of Colorado, Ph.D. dissertation, 208 p.
Hudson, T.L. 1994, Crustal melting events in Alaska, in Plafker, G., and Berg, H. C., eds., The Geology of Alaska: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. G-1, p. 657-670.
Ford, R.C., and Snee, L.W., 1996, 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of white mica from the Nome district, Alaska: The first ages of lode sources to placer gold deposits in the Seward Peninsula: Economic Geology, v. 91, p. 213-220.
Goldfarb, R.J., Miller, L.D., Leach, D.L., and Snee, L.W, 1997, Gold deposits in metamorphic rocks in Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, 482 p.
Ford, R.C., 1993, Geology, geochemistry, and age of gold lodes at Bluff and Mt. Distin, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Golden, Colorado School of Mines, Ph.D. dissertation, 302 p.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Gold-quartz vein in metamorphic rocks; low sulfide-Au quartz vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a). |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 19-AUG-1999 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |