Puckmummie Creek Prospect, Council Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Puckmummie Creek Prospect | Prospect |
| Council Mining District | Mining District |
| Nome Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 57' 21'' North , 164° 4' 4'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Location: Puckmummie Creek is a small creek that drains north to the Casadepaga River. Its mouth is about 0.5 miles upstream of the confluence of the Casadepaga and Niukluk Rivers. This is locality 71 of Cobb (1972, MF 445; 1978, OF 78-181).
Geology: Gold colors are widely distributed in thin gravel, 2 to 3 feet thick, but there is no record of mining on the creek (Smith, 1910; Cobb, 1978, OF 78-181). The gravels are derived from bedrock of the drainage which is part of a pelitic schist assemblage inferred to be of Cambrian or Precambrian age (Till and others, 1986).
Workings: Prospecting by panning is all that has been reported.
Age: Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: No
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: | SO061 |
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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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