Hardluck Gulch Mine, Kougarok District, Nome Borough, Alaska, USA

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Location: Hardluck Gulch is a south-flowing drainage that merges with Telegram Creek (SO108) and Eldorado Creek to become Dome Creek (SO113). It is in the headwaters of the Iron Creek (SO127) drainage. This is locality 39 of Cobb (1972, MF 445; 1978, OF 78-181).
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).

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.

Mineral List

Gold

1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.