Lion Creek Mine, Nome Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Lion Creek Mine | Mine |
| Nome Mining District | Mining District |
| Nome Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 38' 27'' North , 164° 11' 42'' West
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Location: Lion Creek is a small headwater tributary of Big Hurrah Creek (SO022). it is the upstream limit of placer minig in the Big Hurrah Creek drainage. It is included in locality 100 of Cobb (1972, MF 445; 1978, OF 78-181).
Geology: Small-scale placer mining took place on Lion Creek prior to 1908. Gold was present in 4 feet of gravel over bedrock and at least locally on benches to the active drainage (Collier and others, 1908). The early mining recovered $1.70 to $2.00 per cubic yard (about 0.1 ounce of gold); the best grades were on bedrock. The bedrock in this drainage is part of a lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage that includes a distinctive black, very fine-grained, graphitic schist (Sainsbury and others, 1972, OFR 511; Till and others, 1986).
Workings: Small -scale, probably mostly hand operations, took place on the lower part of this creek prior to 1908.
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: | SO171 |
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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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