Mine detail: Upper Nugget Creek

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Location

Lat / long: 62.56065, -150.98474

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Siltstone
Associated type:Mafic Intrusive Rock
Alteration processes:Silicification (quartz veining) (Clark and Hawley,1968).

References

MRDSA011555
DEP10000901
Reference{Deposit:: Clark, A.L., and Hawley, C.C., 1968, Reconnaissance geology, mineral occurrences, and geochemical anomalies of the Yentna district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 68-35, 64 p.}{Deposit:: Hawley, C.C., and Clark, A.L., 1973, Geology and mineral deposits of the upper Chulitna district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 758-A, p. 1-10, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000 and 1:500,000.}{Deposit:: C.C. Hawley and Associates, Inc., 1978, Mineral appraisal of lands adjacent to Mt. McKinley National Park, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 24-78, 275 p., 7 plates.}{Deposit:: Reed, B.L., Nelson, S.W., Curtin, G.C., and Singer, D.A., 1978, Mineral resources map of the Talkeetna Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-870-D, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Reed, B.L., and Nelson, S.W., 1980, Geologic map of the Talkeetna quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-1174, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterMadelyn A. Millholland