Deposit ID | 10307967 |
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Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed (in Aurora Creek) |
Geographic coordinates: | -165.62329, 64.72178 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | Aurora Creek is an east tributary of upper Cripple River; its mouth is about 5.5 miles upstream from where the Nome-Teller road crosses Cripple River. The location is in Aurora Creek at an elevationof about 600 feet and about half-way between the head of the creek and its mouth on Cripple River. It is the location of Kardex site Kx 52-294 (Heiner and Porter, 1972; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982). The location is about the center of a group of 15 claims staked in 1968. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Zinc | Primary |
Gold | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Model code | 119 |
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USGS model code | 39a |
BC deposit profile | C01. C02 |
Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
Mark3 model number | 54 |
(1) | -165.62329, 64.72178 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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District name | Nome |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | NM138 |
Heiner, L.E., and Porter, Eve, 1972, Alaska Mineral Properties, volume 2: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 24, 669 p.
Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982, Mining claim location maps -- Nome quadrangle: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 8 p., 3 sheets, scales 1:63,360 and 1:250,000.
Bundtzen, T.K., Reger, R.D., Laird, G.M., Pinney, D.S., Clautice, K.H., Liss, S.A., and Cruse, G.R., 1994, Progress report on the geology and mineral resources of the Nome mining district: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Public Data-File 94-39, 21 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a); sphalerite-bearing boulders are present in Aurora Creek gravels. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 12-MAR-00 | Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. | Hawley Resource Group |