The Unnamed (placer mine west of Nome River) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (placer mine west of Nome River) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (placer mine west of Nome River)
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
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Bundtzen and others, 1994
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = This placer mine was worked by surface open-cut operations.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer mine tailings at a former mine site were mapped by Bundtzen and others (1994) in an unnamed east-flowing tributary of Nome River. Bedrock near the mine site is the chlorite rich metaturbidite schist and marble unit of Bundtzen and others (1994). The mine site is about one-half mile west of the Anvil Creek fault.
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This small mine apparently is just above the Seward Ditch, and just below an unnamed ditch.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
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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