Prospect Creek Mine, Nome Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Prospect Creek Mine | Mine |
Nome Mining District | Mining District |
Nome Census Area | Census Area |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 37' 49'' North , 165° 27' 7'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Nome | 3,806 (2018) | 14.5km |
Mindat Locality ID:
199501
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:199501:8
GUID (UUID V4):
643186b2-5ace-4a5e-aa61-df0df1f688ca
Location: This small alluvial placer gold mine is on Prospect Creek, a small east tributary to Snake River. This placer is upstream of the Snake River road crossing of Prospect Creek and 1.5 miles west-southwest of Mount Byrnteson. The map site is in the south-central part of section 10, T. 10 S., R. 34 W., Kateel River Meridian and includes localities 41 and 96 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]). The location is accurate to within 500 feet.
Geology: Small amounts of placer gold and scheelite occur in Prospect Creek gravels (Anderson, 1947; Thorne and others, 1948). One claim (the Terri) was surveyed for patent in 1976, and patent was granted in 1977 (U.S. Mineral Survey No. 2270. The Terri claim and an unpatented adjacent claim were mined for about 300 feet, probably by the claim owner, William Ullrich. Bedrock in the area is graphitic schist that probably of early Paleozoic protolith age (Hummel, 1962 [MF 247]; Sainsbury, Hummel, and Hudson, 1972 [OFR 72-326]; Till and Dumoulin, 1994; Bundtzen and others, 1994). Anderson (1947) reported a galena- and bismuth-bearing quartz vein on Prospect Creek, but the exact location of the vein is unknown.
Workings: One pit was mined on the upper Terri claim, possibly in the 1960s or 1970s. The claim was patented in 1977.
Age: The placer deposit is Quaternary. The vein cuts schist metamorphosed during the mid-Cretaceous.
Commodities (Major) - Au, Bi (?), Cu (?), Pb, W
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Polymetallic vein(?); alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; models 22c and
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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
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
W | Tungsten | |
W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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Link to USGS - Alaska: | NM204 |
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