Nome Creek Placer

The Nome Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Nome Creek Placer
Secondary: Sumner Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Thorium

Location

State: Alaska
District: Tolovana

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Monazite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Topaz
Gangue: Tourmaline

Comments

Comment (Location): APPROX CENTER OF PLACERED LENGTH OF STREAM; MOST MINING WAS FROM ABOUT 1 KM ABOVE THE JUNCTION WITH SUMNER CR. TO JUNCTION WITH MOOSE CR.; SOME MINING DONE ON SUMNER CR., JUST ABOVE MOUTH LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Deposit): NO DATA ON PRODUCTION, THOUGH IT HAS PROBABLY BEEN SUBSTANTIAL; ADGGS SR 38, P. 25 REPORTS RESERVES BEING MINED OUT ON THIS AND OTHER CREEKS IN THE AREA. SEE ALSO: SOURDOUGH CR.; NOME CR., LIVENGOOD QUAD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): DREDGE OPERATED 1926-1931, BURNED IN 1932; DREDGE MOVED FROM DEADWOOD CR. TO NOME CR. AND OPERATED 1939-40, 1946 AND PROBABLY LATER; INTERMITTENT MINING 1960-1985; ALL GROUND STAKED BY 1910

Comment (Workings): 2 DREDGING OPERATIONS IN UNFROZEN GRAVEL IN LATE 20'S AND LATE 30'S; NO DATA ON METHODS IN USE MORE RECENTLY

Comment (Deposit): GROUND ABOUT 15 FT DEEP WITH 2-4 FT OF PAY GRAVEL

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 83-170-B, APPENDIX I, NO. 86

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SR 38, P. 25

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 174.

Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRC 331, P. 8

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 480, P. 165

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SR 39, P. 25

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-83-170B-86

Reference (Deposit): HOLM, BJARNE, 1973, BEDROCK GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MOUNT PRINDLE AREA, YUKON-TANANA UPLAND, ALASKA: FAIRBANKS, AK, UNIV. OF ALASKA M.S. THESIS, P. 49-50

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