Alaska
Past Producer

Little Creek composite placer

Alaska, United States
GoldTungstenSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryTungsten, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Scheelite
GangueGarnet
Geology
Host rockGravel
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10000555
MRDS IDA010762
Alternate namesNome placer field
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.54317, -165.40577
References
Moffit, F.H., 1907, The Nome region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 314-G, p. 126-145.Collier, A. J., Hess, F.L., Smith, P.S., and Brooks, A.H., 1908, The gold placers of parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, including the Nome, Council, Kougarok, Port Clarence, and Goodhope precincts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 328, 343 p.Metcalfe, J.B., and Tuck, Ralph, 1942, Placer gold deposits of the Nome district, Alaska: Report for U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Co., 175 p.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.Bundtzen, T.K., Reger, R.D., Laird, G.M., Pinney, D.S., Clautice, K.H., Liss, S.A., and Cruse, G.R., 1994, Progress report on the geology and mineral resources of the Nome mining district: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Public Data-File 94-39, 21 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.