Adams Creek

The Adams Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Adams Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Nome

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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Small-scale sluicing took place somewhere on the drainage in 1900.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Gold was discovered early on Adams Creek and small-scale mining produced 50 to 60 ounces on one claim in 20 days (Brooks and others, 1901). The stream gravels are 4 to 6 feet thick and heavy mineral concentrate contains garnet and magnetite. The active drainage is incised 5 feet into an alluvial terrace. Bedrock in the area is mostly part of a metavolcanic assemblage thought to be Ordovician in age (Till and others, 1986).

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Brooks and others (1901) report that 50 to 60 ounces of gold (worth $19.40 per ounce) were recovered in a 20-day period from one claim.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Brooks and others, 1901

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic resources map of the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-445, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-181, 185 p.

Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., Richardson, G. B., and Collier, A. J., 1901, Reconnaissance in the Cape Nome and Norton Bay regions, Alaska, in 1900: U.S. Geological Survey Special Publication, p. 1-180.

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