Sparkle Creek

The Sparkle Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Sparkle Creek  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 64.6446, -165.27270

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Sparkle Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sparkle 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

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 (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Sparkle Creek appears to be an artificial drainage below two high-level ditches (see Nome C-1 quadrangle, sections 3, 10, 11, 13, 14). Bundtzen and others (1994) mapped placer tailings on the floodplain of the Nome River opposite Sparkle Creek, suggesting the possibility that Sparkle Creek was the cut that brought hydraulic water to the floodplain. However Kardex locations (Kardex sites Kx 164 and 316a, Heiner and Porter, 1972; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982) are on Sparkle Creek. The name Sparkle Creek was reported as a prospector's name in 1900 (Orth, 1967).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Bundtzen and others, 1994

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = A placer mine related to Sparkle Creek apparently was on the floodplain of Nome River opposite Sparkle Creek. Substantial tailings are on the floodplain at this site.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive


References

Reference (Deposit): Orth, D.J., 1967, Dictionary of Alaska place names: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 567, 1,084 p. (Reprinted in 1971 with minor revisions.)

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): 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): Heiner, L.E., and Porter, Eve, 1972, Alaska Mineral Properties, volume 2: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 24, 669 p.


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