Nugget Creek

The Nugget Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Nugget Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

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

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

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

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The rocks in the vicinity of Nugget Creek are quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist (Newberry and others, 1996). There are several Cretaceous dikes in the headwaters, as well as a unit of amphibolite, magnetite-rich biotite schist, quartzose schist and marble. Gold was mined from stream placers in 1938, 1939 and 1940 (Smith, 1939 [B 917-A]; Smith, 1941; Smith, 1942).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Placer mining was reported in 1938, 1939 and 1940 (Smith, 1939 [B 917-A]; Smith, 1941; Smith, 1942.

Comment (Production): Production Notes = There is no record of the amount of gold produced from placer mining that took place in 1938, 1939 and 1940 (Smith, 1939, B 917-A; Smith, 1941; Smith, 1942).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1976 (OFR 76-662)

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary placer.

References

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1942, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1940: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 933-A, p. 1-102.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1941, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1939: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 926-A, p. 1-106.

Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1939, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1938: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 917-A, p. 1-113.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-410, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-662, 174 p.

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