Upper Nugget Creek

The Upper Nugget Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Upper Nugget Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic

Location

State: Alaska
District: Yentna

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification (quartz veining) (Clark and Hawley,1968).

Rocks

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Workings consist of two short adits and a shallow prospect pit (Clark and Hawley, 1968).

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Also see Bradley Scheelite; Bird Creek (TL036).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Upper Nugget Creek drains an area underlain by Mesozoic argillite and graywacke cut by a roughly circular, Tertiary (?) felsite porphyry body about 200 feet in diameter (Clark and Hawley,1968). Minor gold values have been returned from thin, sparsely distributed quartz-arsenopyrite veinlets which cut the porphyry. The veinlets are weakly mineralized at about 0.04 ppm gpld. Gold also occurs very sparsely on the joint surfaces of the rocks (Clark and Hawley, 1968).? See also Bradley Scheelite; Bird Creek (TL036).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Clark and Hawley, 1968

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

Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary (Clark and Hawley,1968).

References

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L., Nelson, S.W., Curtin, G.C., and Singer, D.A., 1978, Mineral resources map of the Talkeetna Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-870-D, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): C.C. Hawley and Associates, Inc., 1978, Mineral appraisal of lands adjacent to Mt. McKinley National Park, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 24-78, 275 p., 7 plates.

Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L., and Nelson, S.W., 1980, Geologic map of the Talkeetna quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-1174, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Clark, A.L., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Talkeetna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-369, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Clark, A.L., and Hawley, C.C., 1968, Reconnaissance geology, mineral occurrences, and geochemical anomalies of the Yentna district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 68-35, 64 p.

Reference (Deposit): Hawley, C.C., and Clark, A.L., 1973, Geology and mineral deposits of the upper Chulitna district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 758-A, p. 1-10, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000 and 1:500,000.

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