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

Location: Rabbit Creek is a small headwater tributary to Iron creek (SO127). The mouth of Rabbit Creek is close to the confluence of Canyon Creek and Dome Creek, where Iron Creek starts. This is locality 30 of Cobb (1972, MF 445; 1978, OF 78-181).
Geology: Rabbit Creek was staked and some placer mining occurred prior to 1909. The recovered gold was fine, flaky, and bright (Smith, 1909). Bedrock in the area is part of a lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Till and others, 1986).
Workings: Some small-scale placer mining or exploration took place 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.