Deposit ID | 10307995 |
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Record type | Site |
Current site name | Rock Creek (bench placer) |
Geographic coordinates: | -165.42598, 64.61258 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This locality is a bench placer on the crest of a low knoll locally called Arsenic Hill on the west side of Rock Creek at an elevation of about 230 feet. It is 3,000 feet due east of the Snake River road. The deposit is accurately located in the NW1/4 section 23, 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 |
Silver | Secondary |
Tungsten | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
Scheelite | 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) | -165.42598, 64.61258 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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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 | NM210 |
Metcalfe, J.B., and Tuck, Ralph, 1942, Placer gold deposits of the Nome district, Alaska: Report for U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Co., 175 p.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a). |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 10-JUL-00 | Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. | Hawley Resource Group |