Hardluck Gulch Mine, Kougarok District, Nome Borough, Alaska, USA
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Geology: Placer mining recovered coarse, well-rounded gold from a thin, clay layer on bedrock, mostly before 1908 (Smith, 1909) although mining was taking place near the mouth in 1909 (Henshaw, 1910). Bedrock is part of a lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Till and others, 1986).
Workings: Small-scale placer mining took place on this creek before WW I.
Age: Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Mineral List
1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.
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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. Henshaw, F.F., 1910, Mining in Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 442-I, p. 353-371. 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.