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Kahiltna River

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Tungsten
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038126
MRDS ID M045412
Record type Site
Current site name Kahiltna River
Alternate or previous names Sholan Bar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.88608, 62.13286 (WGS84)
Relative position 28 MI. SW TALKEETNA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yentna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Garnet Ore
Sphene Ore
Spinel Ore
Tourmaline Ore
Zircon Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.88608, 62.13286
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yentna District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAPPS, 1912B, P. 199 (B520)

  • Deposit

    CAPPS, 1913, P. 71 (B534)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1918, P. 23 (B662)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1919, P. 96 (B666)

  • Deposit

    5) MARTIN, 1919, P. 32-33 (B692)

  • Deposit

    6) MERTIE, 1919A, P. 262 (B692)

  • Deposit

    7) BROOKS, 1921, P. 38 (B714)

  • Deposit

    8) SMITH, P. S., 1930A, P. 53 (B810)

  • Deposit

    9) SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 60 (B813)

  • Deposit

    10) SMITH, P. S., 1932, P. 29 (B824)

  • Deposit

    11) SMITH, P. S., 1933A, P. 29 (B836)

  • Deposit

    12) SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 31 (B864-B)

  • Deposit

    13) SMITH, P. S., 1936, P. 33 (B868-B)

  • Deposit

    14) JOESTING, 1942, P. 20 (TDM 1)

  • Deposit

    15) BATES AND WEDOW, 1953, P. 9 (C202)

  • Deposit

    16) ROBINSON, WEDOW, AND LYONS, 1955, P. 2, 21-22 (B1024-A)

  • Deposit

    17) OVERSTREET, 1967, P. 109 (P530)

  • Deposit

    18) CLARK, A. L., AND HAWLEY, 1968, P. 7, 28 (OF 311)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 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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