The Second Beach (east of Penny River) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Second Beach (east of Penny River) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Second Beach (east of Penny River)
Secondary: Jess 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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Late Pleistocene.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Moffit, 1907
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The Jess Creek site was known at least by 1905 and was developed for mining before 1908 (Collier and others, 1908); State files show various claim groups along Second Beach at and east of Penny River (Heiner and Porter, 1972; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A gold deposit at Jess Creek (not named on current U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps), which enters Norton Sound east of the mouth of Penny River, was correlated with Second Beach deposits (Collier and others, 1908, figure 9; Moffit, 1907, p. 134-144). This appears to part of the 3 miles of Second Beach placer deposits mapped by Sainsbury and others (1972 [OFR 72-321]) in this area. Second Beach deposits are at an elevation of about 35 feet above the modern beach and consist of quartz sand with drift wood, fragments of walrus tusks, and marine shells. Garnet sand was relatively abundant in pay sections that generally were developed on unconsolidated deposits. Second Beach deposits approximately mark the landward limit of the Pelukian marine transgression mapped by Bundtzen and others (1994).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Auriferous beach placer.
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.
Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., Hudson, T.L., Ewing, Rodney, and Marsh, W.R., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nome C-2 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-321, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Heiner, L.E., and Porter, Eve, 1972, Alaska Mineral Properties, volume 2: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 24, 669 p.
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1907, The Nome region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 314-G, p. 126-145.
Reference (Deposit): Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982, Mining claim location maps -- Nome quadrangle: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 8 p., 3 sheets, scales 1:63,360 and 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.
Reference (Deposit): Collier, A. J., Hess, F.L., Smith, P.S., and Brooks, A.H., 1908, The gold placers of parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, including the Nome, Council, Kougarok, Port Clarence, and Goodhope precincts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 328, 343 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
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