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Kenair

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000447
MRDS ID A010617
Record type Site
Current site name Kenair
Related records 10160992

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.86815, 60.48758 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward B-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seward SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic unit)

Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. SITE CONTINUES 3 MI UPRIVER (W) FROM GIVEN LOCATION LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GOLD RANGED FROM 0.012 TOZ TO 0.85 TOZ/CU. YD., AND AVERAGED ON THE LOWER END

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Till

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.86815, 60.48758
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hope District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION SOMEWHAT LESS THAN 1000 TOZ 1900-1959

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RIVER IS INCISED INTO GLACIO-LACUSTRINE DELTA. MOST GOLD IN MODERN GRAVELS, MINOR PRODUCTION FROM DELTA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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