Nugget Creek

The Nugget Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Nugget Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Eagle

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This creek lies on Doyon, Limited selected or conveyed land. For more information, contact Doyon, Limited. See also Washington Creek (CY035), Eagle Creek (CY012), Dome Creek (CY009), and Surprise Creek (CY031).

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Production for Nugget Creek through 1938 was 1,772 troy ounces of gold and 302 troy ounces of silver. The largest reported nugget was a little larger than 8 ounces (National Park Service, 1990).

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Nugget Creek is a site of historic placer mining, mostly prior to World War II.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = National Park Service, 1990

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The bedrock in the Nugget Creek drainage is Lower Cambrian to Middle Proterozoic Tindir Group rocks of varying sedimentary lithologies and abrupt facies changes (Dover and Miyaoka, 1988). The gold in Nugget Creek occurs as local accumulations of coarse gold on Cambrian argillite bedrock (National Park Service, 1990). Production for Nugget Creek through 1938 was 1,772 troy ounces of gold and 302 troy ounces of silver. The largest reported nugget was a little larger than 8 ounces (National Park Service, 1990).

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

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active

References

Reference (Deposit): Prindle, L.M., and Mertie, J.B. Jr., 1912, Gold placers between Woodchopper and Fourth of July Creeks, upper Yukon River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 520-G, p. 201-210.

Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1907, The Alaskan mining industry in 1906: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 314, p. 19-39.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Charley River and Coleen quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-632, 45 p.

Reference (Deposit): Prindle, L.M., 1913, A geologic reconnaissance of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 538, 82 p.

Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1938, Gold placers of the Fortymile, Eagle, and Circle districts, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 897-C, p. 133-261.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Charley River quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-390, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Dover, J.A., and Miyaoka, R.T., 1988, Reinterpreted geologic map and fossil data, Charley River quadrangle, east-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2004, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1942, Tertiary deposits of the Eagle-Circle district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 917-D, p. 213-264.

Reference (Deposit): National Park Service, 1990, Final environmental impact statement, volume 1, Mining in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Alaska: National Park Service, Anchorage, Alaska, p. 36-44.

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