Wyoming

The Wyoming is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Wyoming

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic

Location

State: Alaska
District: Nome

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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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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

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Materials

Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hummel, 1962 (MF 248)

Comment (Geology): Age = Mid-Cretaceous or younger; postdates regional metamorphism.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Prospect pits.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Arsenopyrite- and (or) pyrite-bearing vein in metamorphic rocks.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Hummel (1962 [MF 248]) reported arsenopyrite, pyrite, and possibly pyrrhotite at this locality. Dorothy Creek (NM097) is auriferous, and Collier and others (1908) noted numerous quartz veins in schist bedrock of the drainage. The Wyoming prospect is apparently an arsenopyrite- and (or) pyrite-bearing vein. Antimony occurrences (NM068 and NM069) and the Bulk Gold prospects (NM071 and NM072) occur on the ridge along the southwest headwaters of Dorothy Creek . Bladed stibnite crystals were common in placer concentrates recovered from Dorothy Creek (Anderson, 1947).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome D-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-248, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Hummel, C.L., 1975, Mineral deposits and occurrences, and associated altered rocks, in southwest Seward Peninsula, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-2, 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000.

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): Anderson, Eskil, 1947, Mineral occurrences other than gold deposits in northwestern Alaska: Alaska Territorial Division of Mines Pamphlet 5-R, 48 p.

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