Nugget Creek Placer

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Nugget Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: Alaska

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
Year First Production: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Scheelite
Gangue: Bismuth
Gangue: Rutile
Unknown: Gold

Comments

Comment (Commodity): BISMUTH NUGGEW WITH PIECE OF AU EMBEDDED WAS FOUND.

Comment (Development): MINING REPORTED: 1900, 1903, 1905, 1914; HYDRAULIC METHODS USED.

Comment (Deposit): AT MOUTH: PAY GRAVEL IN CHANNEL 25 FT WIDE AND 6-20 FT DEEP, AU ON CLAY LAYER ABOVE CARBONATE BEDROCK; 1 MI UPSTREAM: PAY GRAVEL 3-6 FT DEEP AND 30-50 FT WIDE, "PINCHED OUT" IN 1 SEASON.

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: MARBLE BEDROCK CUT BY TWO GREENSTONE DIKES; ONE DIKE, PYRITIFEROUS.

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

Comment (Location): POINT ABOUT 1000 FT ABOVE MOUTH; MINING NEAR MOUTH AND 1 MILE UPSTREAM. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 34, LOCS. 447-448.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-73

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS AND OTHERS, 1901, USGS SPEC. PUB., P. 92, 95.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 284, P. 136.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 213-214.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 622, P. 369-370.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 89.

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