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Unnamed (lode in Calle Creek area)

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307996
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (lode in Calle Creek area)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.41368, 64.61708 (WGS84)
Relative position Calle Creek is an ephemeral northwest-flowing creek that enters upper Rock Creek at an elevation of 310 feet approximately 1,700 feet northeast of Rock Creek's confluence with Sophie Gulch. The name is used on old maps of the Rock Creek area, but it is not currently used. The map site is the mid-point of a fault zone with quartz veins that subcrops southeast of Rock Creek, in the SE1/4 section 14, T. 10 S., R. 34 W., Kateel River Meridian. It is accurate to within 500 feet.
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.41368, 64.61708
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Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The mineralized Calle Creek fault subcrops about 350 southeast of Rock Creek and can be traced, mainly in drill holes, for at least 1,200 feet nearly parallel to the creek. It strikes about N 45 E, dips steeply to the northwest, and ranges from 20 to 50 feet thick. It appears to be somewhat offset from, but parallel to, another fault locally called the Arsenic Hill fault (Kennecott Exploration Company, written communication, 1994, 1995). Most of the drill holes across the Calle Creek fault are reverse circulation. A Placer Dome core hole (RR-88-032) on Kennecott Exploration Company section 3300NE bottomed in crushed and slickensided vein fault material that contained as much as 0.472 ounce of gold per ton. In general, assay gold values in the fault zone are relatively low. On Kennecott Exploration Company section 2500NE, a 25-foot section in Placer Dome RR-88-027, averaged 0.111 ounce of gold per ton; on the same section, a 15-foot section of a Kennecott Exploration Company core hole (RCC-94-11) assayed 0.105 ounce of gold per ton. The sheared structure of the vein zone and irregular assay results are consistent with a pre-mineral fault that was mineralized and subsequently sheared, as has been inferred for the Arsenic Hill fault. If this interpretation is correct, the Arsenic Hill (NM213), Calle Creek, and possibly Albion (NM211) faults could be fundamental controls on the Rock Creek mineralized system. Southwest of the Calle Creek fault, a 40- to 65-foot-thick layer of graphitic quartz schist can be followed in drill holes for about 1,200 feet, rising slightly to the northeast. Cross sections suggest that the graphitic schist is warped into open folds trending northeast, generally in the region occupied by the main Rock Creek sheeted vein zone (NM207). Rocks exposed along Rock Creek in the series of hydraulic pits north of Sophie Gulch are mainly calc-mica schist as far northeast as Calle Creek, where a short spur road leaves Rock Creek to the south. To the north of this road, the calc-mica schist is overlain by a much more resistant quartz mica schist. Foliation in both schist units strikes north to north-northeast and dips gently to the east and east-southeast. Graphitic units are much less abundant southeast of the Calle Creek fault.
  • Age = Mid-Cretaceous; veins cross cut regionally metamorphosed schist; see NM207.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active?

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The area was extensively drilled by Placer Dome in 1987 and 1988; further drilling was done by Kennecott Exploration in 1994. The Rock Creek area is currently (May, 2000) being explored by Novagold Resources.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Alaska Resource Data File ARDF NM212

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hawley, C.C., and Hudson, T.L., 2002, Alaska Resource Data File, Nome quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-113, 735 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = This report

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Low sulfide Au-quartz veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUL-00 Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. Hawley Resource Group