Unnamed (between Table and Pinnell Mountains)

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001503
MRDS ID A012250
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (between Table and Pinnell Mountains)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -145.81906, 65.47278 (WGS84)
Relative position The location is the site of sample no. 3124, plate 1, of U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-479 (Foster and others, 1984). It is approximately 3 miles NE of Table Mountain along the Pinnel Mountain trail, NW1/4 SW1/4 sec. 36, T. 8 N., R. 9 E.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Circle B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -145.81906, 65.47278

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = 0.05 ppm Au was detected in black biotite schist adjacent to a granitic intrusive (Foster and others, 1984).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Circle

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface samples taken.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Other Comments = See also Table Mountain, ARDF no. CI057.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUN-98 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 29-JUN-98 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 29-JUN-98 Clements, A.S. Avalon Development Corporation

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.