Barney Creek Mine, Kougarok District, Nome Borough, Alaska, USA

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Location: Barney Creek is a west tributary to Iron Creek (SO127). The mouth of Barney Creek is about 3.5 miles upstream from the confluence of Iron Creek and the Pilgrim River. This is locality 32 of Cobb (1972, MF 445; 1978, OF 78-181).
Geology: A small amount of placer mining occurred on this creek prior to 1909 (Smith, 1909). Small flakes of gold were recovered with considerable magnetite and garnet. The report of exotic rocks in the gravels probably reflects glacially related erratics from the Kigluaik Mountains. Bedrock in the area is mostly part of a lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Till and others, 1986).
Workings: Some small-scale placer mining took place on the creek prior to 1909.
Age: Quaternary.

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

References

Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-445, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-181, 185 p. Smith, P.S., 1909, Recent developments in southern Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 379-F, p. 267-301. 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.

Mineral List

Gold

1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.