Sonora Creek

The Sonora Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Sonora Creek  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 64.60472, -165.92333

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Sonora Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sonora 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: Prospect
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


Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface work; discovery in 1900 and some development in 1901 but there has apparently been little or no work since.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Gold was discovered and claims located on Sonora Creek in 1900; there was some development work done in 1901 (Collier and others, 1908). Because this location is near where Sonora Creek flows onto a marine terrace of the Norton Sound coastal plain, coastal processes may have influenced placer development. Sainsbury and others (1972 [OFR 72-321]) mapped the bedrock in the area as schistose graphitic siltite, phyllite, and calcareous graywacke.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial placer Au ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.


References

Reference (Deposit): Heiner, L.E., and Porter, Eve, 1972, Alaska Mineral Properties, volume 2: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 24, 669 p.

Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., Hudson, T.L., Ewing, Rodney, and Marsh, W.R., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nome C-2 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-321, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982, Mining claim location maps -- Nome quadrangle: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 8 p., 3 sheets, scales 1:63,360 and 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Collier, A. J., Hess, F.L., Smith, P.S., and Brooks, A.H., 1908, The gold placers of parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, including the Nome, Council, Kougarok, Port Clarence, and Goodhope precincts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 328, 343 p.


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