Mine detail: Nugget Creek Placer

Previously called 'Nugget Bench High Channel Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

62.52343, -150.94

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Tin, Tungsten
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Garnet, Magnetite, Pyrite, Zircon
Other material:	Cassiterite, Scheelite
Discovery year:	1905

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Kenai Group;
Host type:	Gravel
Associated rock:	Kenai Group;;;
Associated type:	Sandstone

References

MRDS	A011579
DEP	10107515
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 534, P. 58-60}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 592, 65-66}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 692, P. 248-249}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 933-A, P. 35}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 311, P. 11, 30, 32, 45}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 68, LOC. 22}{Deposit:: USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-112 TO 4-114}{Deposit:: USGS MF 870-D, LOC. 79}{Other Database:: BAG-MF-870D-79}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.), Mosier, Dan