Alaska
Producer

Nome Coastal Plain

Alaska, United States
GoldSilverTungsten
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Scheelite
GangueGarnet
Geology
Host rockGravel
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10002093
MRDS IDA012956
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.53567, -165.46883
References
Brooks, A.H., Richardson, G. B., and Collier, A. J., 1901, Reconnaissance in the Cape Nome and Norton Bay regions, Alaska, in 1900: U.S. Geological Survey Special Publication, p. 1-180.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.Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.