Benson Creek Mine, Kougarok Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Benson Creek Mine | Mine |
| Kougarok Mining District | Mining District |
| Nome Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 54' 43'' North , 164° 40' 58'' West
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Location: Benson Creek is an east tributary of Iron Creek (SO127). Its mouth is 1.3 miles downstream from the head of Iron Creek at the confluence of Canyon and Dome Creeks. This is locality 36 of Cobb (1972, MF 445; 1978, OF 78-181).
Geology: Placer gold mining occurred intermittantly on Benson Creek between 1900 and 1938. Gold could be panned to the headwaters but most of the production was from the lower part of the creek where it crosses bench deposits of Iron Creek (Smith, 1909). Copper-bearing lode mineralization is present in the headwaters (SO125). Bedrock of the area is a lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Till and others, 1986).
Workings: Small-scale placer gold mining took place along lower Benson Creek intermittantly from 1900 to 1938.
Age: Quaternary; presence of gold-bearing bench deposits indicates two or more cycles of erosion and deposition.
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: | SO123 |
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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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