Wheel Creek Occurrence, Nome Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Wheel Creek Occurrence | Occurrence |
| Nome Mining District | Mining District |
| Nome Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 38' 47'' North , 165° 38' 16'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nome | 3,806 (2018) | 19.6km |
Wheel Creek appears too narrow and steep to contain a significant placer deposit, but the occurrence indicates the presence of lode deposits in the drainage.
Location: Wheel Creek is a small west tributary to Penny River. The mouth of Wheel Creek is about 4.2 miles up Penny River from the Nome-Teller road.
Geology: Gold was panned on Wheel Creek in 1991 during the Kennecott Exploration Company evaluation of the area. Herreid (1970) also reported a barium geochemical anomaly on the creek. The creek apparently follows a steep east-striking fault that cuts through massive marble and graphitic quartzite (Bundtzen and others, 1994). The headwaters of Wheel Creek have the same geologic setting as the headwaters of Hungry Creek (NM149) and May Gulch (NM176), which are known to be gold-bearing.
Workings: Very limited stream sediment sampling and panning has taken place here.
Age: Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au; (Minor) - Ba
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Alluvial placer Au (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: | NM160 |
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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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