Nugget Creek

The Nugget Creek is located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Nugget Creek

Commodity

Not available

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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica-rich rocks in marble; silicification?

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Commodity): Gangue = Carbonate

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Hummel (1975) identified this occurrence as stratabound with mineralized and silicified marble; additional information was not provided. This occurrence is about 1 mile or less to the north of several prospects where stratabound, copper-bearing, silica-rich rocks are developed in marble. These prospects include NM051, NM053, and NM054.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Stratabound, mineralized, silica-rich rock in marble.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hummel, 1975

Comment (Geology): Age = Proterozoic, early Paleozoic, or mid-Cretaceous.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Hummel, C.L., 1975, Mineral deposits and occurrences, and associated altered rocks, in southwest Seward Peninsula, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-2, 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000.

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