Mine detail: Lower Dry Creek

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Location: Nome County, Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long: 64.52038, -165.34577
dep_id: 10308963
mrds_id: A012947
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold, Hematite, Pyrite, Scheelite
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
Reporter: C.C. Hawley and Travis L. Hudson
References:
  • Deposit:: Moffit, F.H., 1913, Geology of the Nome and Grand Central quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 533, 140 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.
  • 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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