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Pinnell River

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Chromium, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001890
MRDS ID A012716
Record type Site
Current site name Pinnell River
Related records 10112304

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -163.0734, 65.85937 (WGS84)
Relative position Pinnell River is a major north-flowing tributary to Inmachuk River. This occurrence is on the east side of the Pinnell River valley, just above the Fairhaven ditch at an elevation of 750 feet. It is 1.8 miles south of Inmachuk River.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goodhope-Spafarief Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Gangue = Fuchsite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The occurrence is oxidized and quartz veining of marble is present.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -163.0734, 65.85937
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A small orange gossan is developed in black dolomitic marble just above the Fairhaven ditch at an elevation of 750 feet. The marble is partially replaced by disseminations and stockwork veinlets of quartz and veinlets of fuchsite (Herried, 1966). A gossan sample contained 0.02 ounces/ton Au, 0.023 ounces/ton Ag, 0.05 % Cu, 0.05 % Pb, 0.05 % Zn, and 0.5 % Cr (Herried, 1966, Table 1). Most of the bedrock in the area is a metasedimentary schist and marble sequence of Lower Paleozoic age (Till and others, 1986).
  • Age = Epigenetic mineralization in metamorphic rocks of Seward Peninsula is primarily of Cretaceous age. Some lode gold deposits on southern Seward Peninsula are mid-Cretaceous in age (see Midnight Mountain, BN047).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairhaven

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Small, hand dug prospecting pits may be present.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Herried, G.H., 1965, Geology of the Omilak-Otter Creek area, Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geological Report 11, 12 p.

  • Deposit

    Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Herried, 1966

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Vein and replacement in marble ?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-1999 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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