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Lost River Placer

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tin, Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003231
MRDS ID A016047
Record type Site
Current site name Lost River Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -167.18257, 65.4476 (WGS84)
Relative position BELOW MOUTH OF TIN CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Diomede Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USBM RI 5520, FIG. 3 AND TABLE 2, CHURN-DRILL HOLES H-6 AND H-7. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result INDICATED GRADES: 0.29 LB SN/CY, TR. AG IN HOLE H-6. 0.35 LB SN/CY, 0.04 LB PB/CY, TR. AG IN HOLE H-7, USBM RI 5520, P. 13.

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MEDIUM COARSE GRAVELS ; MAJOR.UNITS: HOLE NO. H-7 HIT BEDROCK: DOLOMITE WITH CHLORITE, FLUORITE AND TRACE OF PYRITE. ; REG.COM: LODES ON CASSITERITE AND TIN CREEKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • MINING SOMEWHERE ON LOST RIVER: 1966-67; USBM CHURN-DRILLING: 1956-57.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INDICATED DEPTH OF MINING SECTION: 10.0 - 11.0 FT (INCLUDES 1.0 FT OF BEDROCK) INDICATED GRADE: 0.29 - 0.35 LB SN/CY.
Deposit THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT ANY OF THE TIN PRODUCED FROM PLACERS IN THE LOST RIVER MINE AREA CAME FROM LOST RIVER ITSELF. MOST, IF NOT ALL, PLACER TIN CAME FROM CASSITERITE CR. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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