Stevens Gulch

The Stevens Gulch is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Stevens Gulch

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Nome

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Not available

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

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Metcalfe and Tuck, 1942

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Placer mine tailings are present along this creek at surface elevations of about 50 to 100 feet. At or below about 80 feet, the deposit could be derived by reworking a weakly developed Third Beach.

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Fine gold on a clay false bedrock was reportedly discovered in Stevens Gulch by 1900. The deposit apparently is similar to the one nearby on Washington Creek (NM273) (Brooks and others, 1901). Stevens Gulch appears to have been placer mined between surface elevations of about 50 and 100 feet. The low elevation and physiographic setting suggest that coastal plain deposits could be present in parts of this drainage. The placer gold thus could be derived from the reworking of coastal plain deposits, including Third Beach at an elevation of 70 to 80 feet (Metcalfe and Tuck, 1942, p. 32).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

References

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.

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): 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): Brooks, A.H., Richardson, G. B., and Collier, A. J., 1901, Reconnaissance in the Cape Nome and Norton Bay regions, Alaska, in 1900: U.S. Geological Survey Special Publication, p. 1-180.

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