Harris Creek Occurrence, Kougarok Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Harris Creek Occurrence | Occurrence |
| Kougarok Mining District | Mining District |
| Nome Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
65° 37' 47'' North , 164° 34' 47'' West
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Location: Harris Creek is the principal north tributary to the North Fork of Kougarok River. The mouth of Harris Creek is about 3.7 miles upstream from the Nome-Taylor road crossing of North Fork. Sainsbury and others (1969) show placer mine workings on the main channel of Harris Creek starting at the mouth and continuring upstream for 4.3 miles. This is locality 4 of Gamble (1988). This occurrence has not been confirmed and it is very approximately located; probably within a distance of 2 miles.
Geology: Galena-bearing veins in bedrock of Harris Creek reportedly were discovered during early placer mining (Berg and Cobb, 1967, p. 118). Sainsbury and others (1969) show placer mine workings on the main channel of Harris Creek starting at the mouth and continuing upstream for 4.3 miles. The lower two miles of the stream channel crosses Paleozoic marble bedrock and the upper two miles or more crosses Lower Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks (Sainsbury and others, 1969; Till and others, 1986).
Workings: Sainsbury and others (1969) show placer mine workings on the main channel of Harris Creek starting at the mouth and continuing upstream for 4.3 miles. A dredge was operated on at least parts of this drainage.
Age: Unknown; if this occurrence is epigenetic, then it may be Cretaceous in age, the age of most epigenetic mineral deposits on Seward Peninsula.
Commodities (Major) - Pb
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Galena-bearing veins in metamorphic rocks
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1 valid mineral.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
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| Link to USGS - Alaska: | BN118 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Brooks-Seward DomainDomain
- Nome ComplexAccretionary Complex
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