Alaska
Producer

Submarine Beach

Alaska, United States
SilverGoldCopperTungsten
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryCopper, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Scheelite
GangueGarnet
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10308966
MRDS IDA012957
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.51108, -165.47177
References
Smith, P.S., 1909, The Iron Creek region, p. 302-354, in Brooks, A.H., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, Report on progress of investigations in 1908: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 379.Moffit, F.H., 1913, Geology of the Nome and Grand Central quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 533, 140 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.Hopkins, D.M., MacNeil, F.S. and Leopold, E.B., 1960, The coastal plain at Nome, Alaska, A late Cenozoic type section for the Bering Sea region, in Chronology and climatology of the Quaternary: International Geological Congress, 21st, Copenhagen , Proceedings, Part 4, p. 46-57.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.Nelson, C.H., and Hopkins, D.M., 1972, Sedimentary processes and distribution of particulate gold in the northern Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 689, 27 p., 1 plate.Tagg, A.R., and Greene, H.G., 1973, High resolution seismic survey of an offshore area near Nome, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 795-A, p. A1-A23.Kastelic, W.R., 1975, Gold placer exploration, Nome, Alaska: Colorado Mining Association, 1975 Mining Yearbook, p. 85-90.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.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.