Nigikpalvgururvrak Creek

The Nigikpalvgururvrak Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Nigikpalvgururvrak Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Noatak

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

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Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Degenhart and others, 1978

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Stream placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = If claims are still valid on this site, they are surrounded by Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, where prospecting and mining have been prohibited since 1981.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer gold may be derived from nearby pyritic quartz veins in phyllite of the Hunt Fork Shale (Degenhart and others, 1978). A few tens of ounces of gold per year were being produced for several years in the mid-1970's; production may have continued for some further uncertain period. No record of mining prior to 1970's nor any record of substanital production in recent years.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Minor gold production using small-scale, non-mechanized methods up to about 1978. Production of gold amounted to a few tens of ounces/year (Degenhart and others, 1978).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Degenhart, C.E., Griffis, R.J., McQuat, J.F., and Bigelow, C.G., 1978, Mineral studies of the western Brooks Range performed under contract to the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Contract #JO155089: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 103-78, 529 p., 11 sheets.

Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D.J., and Nelson, S.W., 1981, Mineral deposit map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-F, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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