Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SO059; near Post Creek), Council Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SO059; near Post Creek) | - not defined - |
| Council Mining District | Mining District |
| Nome Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 58' 15'' North , 164° 1' 1'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Location: Post Creek is a small north tributary to the Niukluk River. The mouth of Post Creek is about 13 miles from Council. This is locality 11 of Cobb (1972, MF 445; 1978, OF 78-181) who shows this prospect to be on the south side of upper Post Creek in the northwest corner of the Solomon D-4 quadrangle. Gamble (1988, locality 89) shows this prospect to be located on the north side of the Niukluk River, 0.5 mile downstream of the mouth of Post Creek in the Solomon D-5 quadrangle. It is the location of Gamble (1988) that is used here.
Geology: There is an early report of a gold-bearing, 8-foot-wide quartz vein localized at a schist/marble contact 0.5 mile southeast of Post Creek (Smith, 1907). Crushing and panning of the quartz indicated that it could contain as much as 1.7 ounces of gold per ton. Bedrock in the Post Creek drainage is mostly a pelitic schist of possible Cambrian or Precambrian age (Till and others, 1986). This quartz vein is probably the same age as some other gold-quartz veins of southern Seward Peninsula. The southern Seward Peninsula lode gold deposits formed as a result of mid-Cretaceous metamorphism (Apodoca, 1994; Ford, 1993, Ford and Snee, 1996; Goldfarb and others, 1997) that accompanied regional extension (Miller and Hudson, 1991) and crustal melting (Hudson, 1994). This higher temperature metamorphism was superimposed on high pressure/low temperature metamorphic rocks of the region.
Age: Cretaceous?
Alteration: Silicification.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Gold-quartz vein in metamorphic rocks?; low sulfide-Au quartz vein (Cox and Sin
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | SO059 |
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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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