Location: Sam Creek is a west tributary to the Kanektok River. This placer prospect is about 3 miles upstream of the mouth of Sam Creek, in the NE1/4 of section 16, T 4 S, R 68 W, of the Seward Meridian. It is included in Hoare and Cobb (1977) under the name 'Sam Ck.'. The location is probably accurate within about 1/2 mile.
Geology: Hoare and Coonrad (1961) show this site to be a placer prospect. A small sluice box and a small area of surface diggings were abandoned before 1950 (Hoare and Cobb, 1977). No additional information is available for this deposit. Bedrock in the Sam Creek drainage includes sedimentary rocks of the Cretaceous Kuskokwim Group, intruded by a small, Upper Cretaceous (68.7 +/- 3 Ma) stock (Hoare and Coonrad, 1978).
Workings: A small sluice box and small surface diggings at this site were abandoned before 1950 (Hoare and Coonrad, 1977).
Age: Quaternary.

Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Undetermined
Deposit Model: Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

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ⓘ Gold

Mineral List

ⓘ Native Gold

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Native 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
ⓘ	Native Gold	1.AA.05	Au

List of minerals for each chemical element

Au	Gold
Au	ⓘ Native Gold	Au

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References

Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p. Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1961, Geologic map of the Goodnews quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-339, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geologic map of the Goodnews and Hagemeister Island quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-B, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

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