Mine detail: Jorgensen

Previously called 'Mountain CreekMar* Gulch'

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Location: Nome County, Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long: 64.58398, -165.42497
dep_id: 10308959
mrds_id: A012840
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Arsenopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Pyrite, Scheelite
gangue: Feldspar, Quartz
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration: Albitization; bleaching and silicification of marble; and sulfidization of schist.
Reporter: C.C. Hawley and Travis L. Hudson
References:
  • Deposit:: Cathcart, S.H., 1922, Metalliferous lodes in southern Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722, p. 163-261.
  • Deposit:: Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome C-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-247, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
  • 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.
  • Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.
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