Location: The Nulato River flows northeast through the northeast quarter of the Norton Bay quadrangle. The exact location of prospecting along the Nulato River is not known and the coordinates are arbitrarily placed at the approximate midpoint of the Nulato River within the Norton Bay quadrangle. The location is accurate within 10 miles.
Geology: Schrader and Brooks (1900) note reports of gold in the headwaters of the Nulato River but they question the validity of these reports. The rocks in the vicinity of the Nulato River are graywacke, shale, grit, and conglomerate of the Cretaceous Shaktolik Group (Cass, 1959).
Workings: Schrader and Brooks (1900) note reports of gold in the headwaters of the Nulato River but they question the validity of these reports.
Age: Quaternary.

Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Placer gold (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

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Mineral List

ⓘ Gold

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Gold

Formula: Au

References:

(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Gold	1.AA.05	Au

List of minerals for each chemical element

Au	Gold
Au	ⓘ Gold	Au

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	NR011

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References

Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p. Schrader, F.C., and Brooks, A.H., 1900, Preliminary report on the Cape Nome gold region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Special Publication, 56 p.

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