Deposit ID | 10009554 |
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MRDS ID | D002597 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Center Creek and Flat, Saturday and Wonder Creeks |
Geographic coordinates: | -165.39855, 64.53317 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | Locations on Center Creek are confused because Flat Creek and Saturday Creek were in the upper part of Center Creek and Wonder Creek was the middle part of Center Creek. The creek segments and tributaries are now difficult to locate because of extensive mining (NM251). (These drainages probably were extensions of that paralleling the northeast runway of the Nome airport.) This site is probably within one-half mile of the location for Little Creek (NM251). These deposits were included in locality 138 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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Silver | Primary |
Gold | Primary |
Tungsten | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
Magnetite | Ore |
Scheelite | Ore |
Garnet | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
(1) | -165.39855, 64.53317 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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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 | D002597 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | NM294 |
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.
Moffit, F.H., 1913, Geology of the Nome and Grand Central quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 533, 140 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.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Shallow alluvial placer gold deposits developed in coastal plain gravels. Deep deposits were subsequently developed in the same area. |
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 |