Deposit ID | 10002052 |
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MRDS ID | A012902 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Lynx Claim |
Alternate or previous names | Glacier Creek |
Geographic coordinates: | -165.40911, 64.59789 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The Lynx claim is at an elevation of about 150 feet on the north bank of Glacier Creek, opposite the mouth of Snow Gulch (NM222). The map location is in the NE1/4 section 26, T. 9 S., R. 10 W., Kateel River Meridian and it is probably accurate to within about 500 feet. It is included in locality 101 of Cobb (1972 [MF-463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]). |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Tungsten | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Arsenopyrite | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Scheelite | Ore |
Albite | Gangue |
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 | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel |
(1) | -165.40911, 64.59789 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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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 | A012902 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | NM221 |
Collier, A. J., Hess, F.L., Smith, P.S., and Brooks, A.H., 1908, The gold placers of parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, including the Nome, Council, Kougarok, Port Clarence, and Goodhope precincts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 328, 343 p.
Cathcart, S.H., 1922, Metalliferous lodes in southern Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722, p. 163-261.
Anderson, Eskil, 1947, Mineral occurrences other than gold deposits in northwestern Alaska: Alaska Territorial Division of Mines Pamphlet 5-R, 48 p.
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.
Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1918, Placer mining on Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662, p. 451-458.
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 |