Deposit ID | 10001987 |
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MRDS ID | A012831 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Albion |
Related records | 10136241 |
Geographic coordinates: | -165.41078, 64.619 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The Albion lode prospect is in the headwaters of Rock Creek near the mouth of Albion Creek, a south-southwest flowing tributary of Rock Creek that enters Rock Creek at an elevation of about 400 feet. The map location is in the SE1/4 section 14, T. 10 S., R. 34 W., Kateel river Meridian. It is locality 42 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]). The location is accurate within about 250 feet. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Silver | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | 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 |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
(1) | -165.41078, 64.619 |
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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 | A012831 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | NM211 |
Cathcart, S.H., 1922, Metalliferous lodes in southern Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722, p. 163-261.
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.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a). |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 10-JUL-00 | Hawley, C.C. | Hawley Resource Group | |
Reporter | 10-JUL-00 | Travis L. Hudson | Hawley Resource Group |