Dickens Creek Occurrence, Nome Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Dickens Creek Occurrence | Occurrence |
Nome Mining District | Mining District |
Nome Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 51' 57'' North , 165° 12' 35'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Nome | 3,806 (2018) | 41.6km |
Mindat Locality ID:
197208
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:197208:8
GUID (UUID V4):
61c0514c-f125-4ec1-bb07-5e4a1f78b023
Location: This occurrence is at 1,100 feet elevation in the headwaters of Dickens Creek, a east tributary to upper Nome River (Cathcart, 1922, fig. 15). It is 0.4 mile south of the Copper Mountain prospect (NM054).
Geology: This is a copper occurrence that may be similar to other copper prospects in the area such as Copper Mountain (NM054), Copper King (NM051), and Copper Creek (NM053) that contain copper carbonate and copper sulfide-bearing, silica-rich zones in metacarbonate rocks. Country rocks at this locality are interlayered pelitic schist and marble (Thurston, 1985, figure 3A). The location is shown in figure 15 of Cathcart (1922) due south of locally named Copper Mountain. Country rock was mapped as chloritic, feldspathic, and graphitic schist containing many limestone units. The area appears to have been first visited by Smith (1908, p. 240-242), then by Moffit (1913, p. 134-135).
Workings: Prospect pits.
Age: Late Proterozoic, early Paleozoic, or Cretaceous.
Commodities (Major) - Cu, Pb (?); (Minor) - Ag (?), Au (?)
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Carbonate-hosted, sulfide-bearing silica-rich rock (?).
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
8 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
ⓘ Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 |
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
ⓘ 'Mica Group' |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
ⓘ | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Mica Group' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
Cu | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | NM115 |
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