Unnamed (Arctic Creek)

The Unnamed (Arctic Creek) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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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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