Idaho Creek Mine, Kougarok Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Idaho Creek Mine | Mine |
| Kougarok Mining District | Mining District |
| Nome Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
65° 14' 27'' North , 164° 44' 42'' West
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Mindat Locality ID:
198109
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:198109:7
GUID (UUID V4):
ebb608dc-3a3b-4739-84d5-26ea4955f379
Location: This location is on Idaho Creek, 3,000 to 4,500 feet north of its mouth on the Kuzitrin River, and 10,500 feet east of the Nome-Taylor road. It is locality 46 of Cobb (1972; MF 417).
Geology: Gold colors are reported from an 18-foot deep test pit in stream gravels. The test pit, dug in 1899, did not reach bedrock and its digging was hampered by the presence of large rock fragments (Brooks and others, 1901). Sainsbury and others (1969) show 1,500 feet of the drainage to have been placer mined. This mine is near a regional fault contact between high grade metamorphic rocks and lower grade Lower Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks (Sainsbury and others, 1969; Till and others, 1986). Significant gold placers are spatially associated with the lower metamorphic grade, metasedimentary assemblage elsewhere on Seward Peninsula.
Workings: An 18-foot deep test pit was dug in 1899 to test the stream gravels. About 1,500 feet of the drainage has been placer mined from open cuts.
Age: Quaternary
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
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