The Grass Creek (Nome B-1 quadrangle) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Grass Creek (Nome B-1 quadrangle) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grass Creek (Nome B-1 quadrangle)
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): Geologic Description = Placer gold tailings are present along the lower 3,000 feet of Grass Creek. It was probably mined at about the same time and by the same methods as Saunders Creek (NM307), dredged in 1911-1912. Grass Creek primarily flows across older parts of the Nome coastal plain. Judged from the elevation at the head of pay (about 75 feet), the gold in Grass Gulch could be derived from Third Beach, which in this area appears to have been developed on offshore bars and lagoons (Metcalfe and Tuck, 1942).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Placer mine tailings are present along the lower 3,000 feet of this Grass Creek.
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Metcalfe and Tuck, 1942
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Metcalfe, J.B., and Tuck, Ralph, 1942, Placer gold deposits of the Nome district, Alaska: Report for U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Co., 175 p.
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): 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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