Sugar Loaf Creek Prospect, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Sugar Loaf Creek Prospect | Prospect |
| Fairhaven Mining District | Mining District |
| Northwest Arctic Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
65° 44' 24'' North , 161° 10' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Buckland | 431 (2017) | 26.6km |
Mindat Locality ID:
200197
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:200197:8
GUID (UUID V4):
b4c504e9-9545-4d4a-af5f-f4bf29eef594
Stream gradient approximately 200 feet per mile.
Location: This prospect is at an elevation of about 700 feet on Sugar Loaf Creek, approximately 1.5 miles above its mouth. The map site is in section 21, T. 4 N., R. 12 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. Cobb, 1972 (MF-389), location 24.
Geology: Stream and bench gravels at this site have been prospected or mined for gold. Concentrate samples collected from the gravels contained thorium minerals (Gault and others, 1953).
Workings: In 1945 the U.S. Geological Survey sampled the stream sediments to evaluate their radioactive mineral content (Gault and others, 1953).
Age: Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au?; (Minor) - Radioactive minerals
Development Status: Undetermined
Deposit Model: Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Gold ? Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Thorite Formula: Th(SiO4) |
| ⓘ Thorite var. Orangite Formula: Th(SiO4) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold ? | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Thorite var. Orangite | 9.AD.30 | Th(SiO4) |
| ⓘ | 9.AD.30 | Th(SiO4) | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Thorite var. Orangite | Th(SiO4) |
| O | ⓘ Thorite | Th(SiO4) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Thorite var. Orangite | Th(SiO4) |
| Si | ⓘ Thorite | Th(SiO4) |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
| Th | Thorium | |
| Th | ⓘ Thorite var. Orangite | Th(SiO4) |
| Th | ⓘ Thorite | Th(SiO4) |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | CA035 |
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