The Unnamed (Arctic Creek) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (Arctic Creek) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (Arctic 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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (Cox and singer, 1986; model 36a).
Comment (Geology): Age = Mid-Cretaceous or younger; located on a structure that cuts rocks metamorphosed in the mid-Cretaceous.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = This report
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A quartz-ankerite vein that strikes northeast and dips about 50 degrees to the northwest is exposed on the north bank of Arctic Creek about 800 feet below the mouth of Bluff Creek. The vein itself is apparently barren, but gold can be panned from its wall rocks. The vein appears to be on the structure called the Aurora fault by Bundtzen and others (1994). Mineralization at this and nearby sites may have contributed placer gold to the deposits mined in lower Arctic Creek (NM155).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The vein is exposed in a natural outcrop.
References
Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Reger, R.D., Laird, G.M., Pinney, D.S., Clautice, K.H., Liss, S.A., and Cruse, G.R., 1994, Progress report on the geology and mineral resources of the Nome mining district: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Public Data-File 94-39, 21 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
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