Jerome Creek Mine, Nome Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi

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

Location: Jerome Creek is an eastern tributary to the lower Solomon River. Its mouth is 4 miles upstream from Solomon. This location was included as part of locality 101 of Cobb (1972, MF 445; 1978, OF 78-181).
Geology: Gold was discovered and some developments took place on Jerome Creek as early as 1900 (Brooks and others, 1901). Both fine and coarse gold were found in irregularly distributed pay (Smith, 1910). At least part of the mining was near the mouth of the creek as early as 1907, but most of the mining was probably between 1932 and 1934 (Cobb, 1978, OF 78-181). The upper reaches of Jerome Creek cut coastal plain gravels but intercalated schist and marble bedrock is present along middle and lower parts of the drainage (Smith, 1910; Sainsbury and others, 1972, OFR 511). Beach deposits were apparently identified at elevations of 130 and 150 feet (Eakin, 1915). Bedrock of the area is part of a lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Sainsbury and others, 1972, OFR 511; Till and others, 1986).
Workings: Prospecting pits and some open-cut placer workings are present on this creek. The workings prior to 1907 were on the lower part of the creek near the mouth. The Solomon River (SO015) at the mouth of Jerome Creek has been extensively dredged.
Age: Quaternary; the location and elevation of less than 150 feet indicate that this area was influenced by Quaternary sea level fluctuations.

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

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	SO166

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