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Arolik & Goodnews River Area

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000537
MRDS ID A010734
Record type Site
Current site name Arolik & Goodnews River Area
Alternate or previous names Includes: Snow Gulch, Slate, Kowkow, Butte & Wattamuse Creeks

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.25271, 59.34094 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 MILES N45E OF GOODNEWS BAY (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodnews Bay B-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Calista Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 60 SQ MI.; INCLUDES TRIBUTARIES OF AROLIK AND GOODNEWS RIVERS; AREA OF INTEREST GENERALLY NW & SE OF GIVEN LOCATION LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Platinum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.25271, 59.34094
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: GRANITIC PLUTONS, GLACIAL & GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSITS, MAFIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goodnews Bay & Bethel Districts

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE DRILLING

Comments on development

  • WORKED ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY FROM 1900'S TO 1960'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B1374, P. 47-49

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR, P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY RICH GOLD PLACERS FOUND ON WATTAMUSE CREEK
Deposit SOME OF THE GOLD PLACERS ON KOWKOW CREEK REST ON FALSE BEDROCK RESEMBLING GLACIAL TILL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Garrison, Michael T. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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