Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - ID147; on south-flowing tributary of Moose Creek), Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
62° 17' 20'' North , 156° 43' 37'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Location: This occurrence is at an elevation of about 1,150 feet in a unnamed creek that flows south from Granite Mountain. The occurrence is about 0.8 mile east-southeast of hill 2210 and about 0.3 mile northeast of the center of section 5, T. 25 N., R. 40 W., of the Seward Meridian. The location is accurate.
Geology: Visible gold was found in a nonmagnetic, heavy mineral concentrate collected in an unnamed creek flowing south from Granite Mountain. The rocks in the vicinity are hornfels derived from the Upper Cretaceous, Kuskokwim Group, and granitic rocks from the Cretaceous Granite Mountain pluton (Miller and Bundtzen, 1994; Miller, Bundtzen, and Gray, 2005).
Workings: Samples were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys in the 1980s (Bennett and others, 1988).
Age: Probably Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Placer Au deposit (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: | ID147 |
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- Farewell TerranePassive Margin
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