The Unnamed, head of LaSpray Creek, southwest of the head of Nelson Gulch (NM083) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Name: Unnamed, head of LaSpray Creek, southwest of the head of Nelson Gulch (NM083)
State: Alaska
County: na
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Unnamed, head of LaSpray Creek, southwest of the head of Nelson Gulch (NM083) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed, head of LaSpray Creek, southwest of the head of Nelson Gulch (NM083)
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hummel, 1962 (MF 248)
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Arsenopyrite and (or) pyrite associated with a schist-marble contact.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This is an occurrence of arsenopyrite and (or) pyrite near the upper contact of a layer of marble and overlying schist; the rocks strike about north-northwest and dip generally to the east (Hummel, 1962 [MF 248]). The deposit may be marked by an prospect old cut or trench; it may be stratabound or in veinlets. It was listed by Hummel (1975) as an unevaluated mineral occurrence.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Prospect pit or cut.
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.
Reference (Deposit): Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome D-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-248, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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