Homburger (Newton Gulch)

The Homburger (Newton Gulch) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Homburger (Newton Gulch)

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: 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: Oxidation.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Mertie, 1918 (B 662-I, p. 425-449)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = About a dozen exploration shafts, some almost 100 feet deep, were dug on oxidized, limonite-stained, decomposed bedrock near a schist-marble contact in the headwaters of Newton Gulch (Smith, 1909; Mertie, 1918 [B 662-I, p. 425-449]). The deposit consists of pyrite in quartz stringers and as disseminations on the schist. Composite samples averaged about 0.25 ounce of gold per ton (Mertie, 1918; Cathcart, 1922). Bedrock in Newton Gulch is mostly amarble and schist, probably of early Paleozoic protolith age (Hummel, 1962 [MF 247]; Till and Dumoulin, 1994; Bundtzen and others, 1994). The marble-schist unit is in contact with another schist unit near this prospect.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = About a dozen shafts and at least 2 churn-drill holes had explored this prospect by 1918 (Mertie, 1918 [B 662-I, p. 425-449).

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

Comment (Geology): Age = Mid-Cretaceous or younger; veins cut schist metamorphosed in the mid-Cretaceous.

References

Reference (Deposit): Cathcart, S.H., 1922, Metalliferous lodes in southern Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722, p. 163-261.

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Reger, R.D., Laird, G.M., Pinney, D.S., Clautice, K.H., Liss, S.A., and Cruse, G.R., 1994, Progress report on the geology and mineral resources of the Nome mining district: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Public Data-File 94-39, 21 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Till, A.B., and Dumoulin, J.A, 1994, Geology of Seward Peninsula and St. Lawrence Island, in Plafker, G., and Berg, H.C., eds., The Geology of Alaska: Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, DNAG, v. G-1, p. 141-152.

Reference (Deposit): 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.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

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