Manila Creek Prospect, Nome Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Manila Creek Prospect | Prospect |
| Nome Mining District | Mining District |
| Nome Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 35' 23'' North , 164° 25' 11'' West
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Location: Manila Creek is a small east tributary to lower Solomon River. The mouth of Manila Creek is 2 miles northeast of Solomon. This is locality 104 of Cobb (1972, MF 445; 1978, OF 78-181). Probably located within one mile.
Geology: Manila Creek has cut through coastal plain deposits in its upper reaches but schist and marble are exposed along the lower 3/4 mile of the drainage (Smith, 1910; Sainsbury and others, 1972, OFR 511). Gold has apparently been discovered but mining has not taken place (Cobb, 1978, OF 78-181). Collier and others (1908) note that the gold has been reworked from coastal plain deposits. Bedrock here 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: Prospecting pits are the principal workings.
Age: Quaternary; the location and elevation (25 to 150 feet) of this area indicate that it was affected by Quaternary sea level fluctuations.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a); possibly reworked coastal plai
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- Nome ComplexAccretionary Complex
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