Mine detail: Little Creek composite placer

Previously called 'Nome placer field'

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Location

Lat / long: 64.54317, -165.40578

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Gravel

References

MRDSA010762
DEP10000555
Reference{Deposit:: Moffit, F.H., 1907, The Nome region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 314-G, p. 126-145.}{Deposit:: Collier, A. J., Hess, F.L., Smith, P.S., and Brooks, A.H., 1908, The gold placers of parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, including the Nome, Council, Kougarok, Port Clarence, and Goodhope precincts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 328, 343 p.}{Deposit:: Metcalfe, J.B., and Tuck, Ralph, 1942, Placer gold deposits of the Nome district, Alaska: Report for U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Co., 175 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson, C.C. Hawley