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Lower Salmon River

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209856
MAS/MILS ID 0020910003
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Salmon River
Alternate or previous names Velvet Association, Wael Cat No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -159.53341, 60.88263 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethel D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bethel NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bethel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 009 N 058 W 10 C NESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -159.53341, 60.88263
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINAL CLAIMS STAKED 1953 BY HILL & BERTILS. ASSESSMENT WORK DONE 1954. BEDROCK CONSISITS OF GRAYWACKE AND SHALE OF KUSKOKWIM GROUP INTRUDED BY DIABASIC DIKES, ALSO THIGHTLY FOLDED. FORMING RIFFLES PREPENDICULAR TO STREAM FLOW. (ROEHM) PROBABLE ORIGIN OF GOLD IS MARVEL CREEK DRAINAGE. REFERENCE POINT AT CONFLUENCE OF EAGLE CREEK AND SALMON R.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUN-1985 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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