Location: Balm of Gilead Gulch is a small south tributary of Crooked Creek. Crooked Creek is a short, 2.3 mile long west tributary to Ophir Creek. The mouth of Crooked Creek is 7,500 feet upstream (on Ophir Creek) from the southern boundary of theBendeleben quadrangle. The mouth of Balm of Gilead Gulch is 4,500 feet upstream of the mouth of Crooked Creek. This is locality 82 of Cobb (1972; MF 417; 1975; OFR 75-429).
Geology: Detrital gold was recovered from fractures and crevices in limestone (marble) bedrock. The gold-bearing bedrock was covered by 5 feet of soil (Collier and others, 1908). Bedrock in the area is metasedimentary schist and marble of a Lower Paleozoic assemblage (Till and others, 1986).
Workings: Surface placer mine workings are present; apparently only small-scale mining took place here prior to WW I. The relation of the gold-bearing zone to alluvial channels or possible benches in the area is not known.
Age: Quaternary

Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

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ⓘ Gold

1 valid mineral.

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ⓘ Gold

Formula: Au

References:

(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Gold	1.AA.05	Au

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Au	Gold
Au	ⓘ Gold	Au

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References

Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-417, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-429, 123 p. 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. Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.

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