Deposit ID | 10307997 |
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Record type | Site |
Current site name | Walsh Cut (Rock Creek) |
Geographic coordinates: | -165.41808, 64.61108 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This small lode and placer mine is on the east slope of Rock Creek valley at an elevation of about 350 feet and about 4,000 feet due east of the Snake River road. The map loction is in the north-central part of section 23, T. 10 S., R. 34 W., Kateel River Meridian. Hummel (1962 [MF 247, locality 7]) mistakenly called this location Sophie. Sophie Gulch is about 600 feet northwest of the Walsh Cut. This mine is located to within about 250 feet. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Silver | Secondary |
Lead | Secondary |
Antimony | Secondary |
Tungsten | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Arsenopyrite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Scheelite | Ore |
Stibnite | Ore |
Scorodite | Ore |
Albite | Gangue |
Calcite | 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) | -165.41808, 64.61108 |
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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 | NM214 |
Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome C-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-247, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a). |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 10-JUL-00 | Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. | Hawley Resource Group |