Deposit ID | 10001994 |
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MRDS ID | A012838 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed (lode in Dexter Creek) |
Geographic coordinates: | -165.33577, 64.57928 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This lode prospect is at an elevation of about 300 feet on the north side of Dexter Creek (NM303) about 300 feet upstream of the mouth of Grouse Gulch and about 5,700 feet south of the summit of King Mountain. It is at the east-central edge of section 31, T. 10 S., R. 33 W., Kateel River Meridian. It is locality 49 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]). The location is uncertain, but it probably is within 1,000 feet. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Copper | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
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 > Mica Schist |
(1) | -165.33577, 64.57928 |
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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 | A012838 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | NM245 |
Smith, P.S., 1908, Investigations of mineral deposits of Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 345, p. 206-250.
Moffit, F.H., 1913, Geology of the Nome and Grand Central quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 533, 140 p.
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.
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 = Copper- and gold-bearing lode deposit; Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein? (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 |