Arizona Creek Mine, Kougarok Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Arizona Creek Mine	Mine
Kougarok Mining District	Mining District
Nome Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Location: Arizona Creek is a west tributary to Kougarok River. The mouth of Arizona Creek is 4.5 miles south of Taylor and 1.7 miles west of the Nome-Taylor road. Sainsbury and others (1969) show 1,500 feet of placer mine workings on the main channel starting 1,500 feet upstream of the mouth. This is locality 32 of Cobb (1972; MF 417; 1975; OFR 75-429).
Geology: Sainsbury and others (1969) show 1,500 feet of placer mine workings on the main channel of Arizona Creek starting 1,500 feet upstream of the mouth. Much of the early placer mining here was on bench gravels at elevations of 20 to 70 feet above the floodplain (Collier and others, 1908; Smith, 1909). The bench placers arer probably in gravels related to locally preserved Kougarok River terraces.
Workings: Surface open-cut placer workings, at least 1,500 feet, are on the main channel of Arizona Creek starting 1,500 feet upstream of the mouth. Much of the early placer mining here was on bench gravels at elevations of 20 to 70 feet above the floodplain (Collier and others, 1908; Smith, 1909).
Age: Quaternary; placers on present floodplains are probably the result of at least two cycles of erosion and placer development.

Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

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