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Salmon River

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038093
MRDS ID M045371
Record type Site
Current site name Salmon River
Alternate or previous names Goodnews Bay Mining Co., Olson and Associates, Strandberg and Sons

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.71935, 58.90758 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MI SOUTH OF PLATINUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hagemeister Island D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Hagemeister Strait(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hagemeister Island(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.71935, 58.90758
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: DUNITE, SERPENTINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1933-1958

Mining district

District name Goodnews Bay District

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION OF SALMON RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIER FROM 1934-1936 WAS WELL OVER 500,000 TOZ OF PT METALS, COBB 1973, P. 50

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 67-68 (B864-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1937, P. 73 (B880-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 83 (B897-A)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1939A, P. 62, 89 (B910-A)

  • Deposit

    5) MERTIE, 1939, P. 127-128 (B910-B)

  • Deposit

    6) SMITH, P. S., 1939B, P. 61, 82-83 (B917-A)

  • Deposit

    7) MERTIE, 1940, P. 65-67 (B918)

  • Deposit

    8) SMITH, P. S., 1941, P. 76-77 (B926-A)

  • Deposit

    9) SMITH, P. S., 1942B, P. 73-74 (B933-A)

  • Deposit

    10) HOARE AND COONRAD, 1961A (I-321)

  • Deposit

    11) MERTIE, 1969, P. 77, 79-88 (P630)

  • Deposit

    12) COBB, 1972, P. 29-30 (OF 508)

  • Deposit

    13) COBB, 1972 (MF 362)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1927-1934= 3000 OZ PT METALS RECOVERED FROM THIS AREA, 1934-1937= 18000 OZ PT METALS RECOVERED, 1938= 34000 OZ PT RECOVERED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-75 Blair, Will N. 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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