Deposit ID | 10307978 |
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Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed (Sledge Creek) |
Geographic coordinates: | -165.51378, 64.63328 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | Sledge Creek is a west tributary to Snake River; this location is on the ridge crest south of Sledge Creek at an elevation of about 420 feet and about 700 feet upslope of a water ditch. A quartz-feldspar vein and nearby prospect pits are present. It is in the east-central part of section 6, T. 10 S., R. 34 W., Kateel River Meridian. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Limonite | Ore |
Feldspar | 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 |
(1) | -165.51378, 64.63328 |
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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 | NM170 |
Cathcart, S.H., 1922, Metalliferous lodes in southern Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722, p. 163-261.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a). |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 12-MAR-00 | Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. | Hawley Resource Group |