Atlas Creek Mine, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Atlas Creek Mine | Mine |
| Nome Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
65° 22' 12'' North , 164° 45' 7'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Unnamed tributaries to Quartz Creek are reported to have scheelite in placer concentrates (Anderson, 1947).
Location: Atlas Creek is a small north tributary to Quartz Creek. Quartz Creek crosses the Nome-Taylor road at about mile 78.5 (Brakes Bottom). The mouth of Atlas Creek is 4,500 feet upstream of the juncture between Quartz Creek and North Fork of Quartz Creek. This locality was not included by Cobb (1972; MF 417; OFR 75-429).
Geology: The lower 2,000 feet of Atlas Creek is shown to have been placer mined for gold by Sainsbury and others (1969). Bedrock is locally exposed in the area, primarily on the crest of nearby uplands and along lower Atlas Creek (Sainsbury and other,1969). Bedrock in the area is part of a Lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Sainsbury and others, 1969; Till and others, 1986). Sainsbury and others (1969) emphasize that gold placers in this area are associated with exposures of the metamorphic bedrock assemblage.
Workings: Sainsbury and others (1969) show that the lower 2,000 feet of this drainage has been open-cut placer mined. This was probably by dozer and sluice operations.
Age: Quaternary
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| Au | Gold | |
|---|---|---|
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | BN010 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Brooks-Seward DomainDomain
- Nome ComplexAccretionary Complex
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