Nelson Gulch

The Nelson Gulch is a tungsten and gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Nelson Gulch

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Nome

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

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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

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Coats, 1944

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

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Nelson Gulch was placer mined during and possibly after WW II; both gold and scheelite were recovered. An attempt to mine the gulch for scheelite during World War II was reportedly unsuccessful, but Coats (1944) thought that the area between Nelson Gulch and Rocky Mountain Creek had potential for significant scheelite deposits; he identified a scheelite-bearing quartz vein in the headwaters of Nelson Gulch (NM081). Bedrock in the Rocky Mountain Creek drainage is a metasedimentary schist and marble sequence (Hummel, 1962 [MF 248]).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The gulch was explored and mined on a small scale during World War II and possibly after.

Comment (Geology): Age = Holocene.

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): 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., 1975, Tungsten occurrences in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map MR-66, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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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