Dewey Creek Occurrence, Port Clarence Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Dewey Creek Occurrence | Occurrence |
Port Clarence Mining District | Mining District |
Nome Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
65° 17' 52'' North , 166° 9' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Teller | 236 (2017) | 10.6km |
Brevig Mission | 400 (2017) | 16.2km |
Mindat Locality ID:
197200
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:197200:2
GUID (UUID V4):
b3634ec4-fce4-46de-b095-39555f9e35bb
Location: Dewey Creek is a 2.5-mile long, southwest-flowing stream whose mouth is on the north shore of Grantley Harbor, 6 miles northeast of Teller. This is locality 68 of Cobb and Sainsbury (1972). Cobb (1975) summarized relevant references under the name 'Dewey Cr.'.
Geology: Bedrock in the Dewey Creek drainage is a chlorite and mica schist assemblage that is locally intruded by small greenstone bodies (Sainsbury, 1972); the age of this assemblage is uncertain but it is probably Paleozoic. Placer gold is reported to be present in this drainage but there are no known mining operations.
Workings: None known
Age: Quaternary
Reserves: Not defined
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Undetermined
Deposit Model: Alluvial Au placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
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Link to USGS - Alaska: | TE084 |
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