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Kougarok-Henry

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Tin
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257739
MAS/MILS ID 0020440136
Record type Site
Current site name Kougarok-Henry
Alternate or previous names Kougarok River, Nos. 1-2 Reindeek Bench, No. 2 Ll Bench Above Merrits Disc, Nos. 12-13 R. L. Benchs, Holbrook Discovery Bench, Triangle Fraction, Nos. 1-2 Kelley Bench, Mabel Bench, Nos. 2-3 Above Merrits Discovery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -164.8092, 65.65352 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 003 N 030 W 24 E2NWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -164.8092, 65.65352
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Lucky Syndicate
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner S. L. Godfrey
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Streeter And Chaney
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA HAS BEEN DREDGED, AND SHAFT MINED SINCE 1900. NO BROKEN DOWN PRODUCTION RECORDS. BEDROCK IS COMPLEXLY FAULTED PRE-ORD. METASEDIMENTARY AND MAFIC VOLCANIC OR INTRUSIVE ROCKS AND YOUNGER PALEOZOIC CARBONATES. QTZ VEINS THAT CARRY PYRITE AND/OR COPPER SULFIDES ARE COMMON. PLACER CONCENTRATES CONTAIN MAGNETITE, PYRITE, GALENA, SILVER RICH SULFIDE, CASSITERITE, AND GOLD CEMENTED FRACTURED QUARTZ. MOST PLACERS ARE SPATIALLY CORRELATED WITH ALTERED HIGH ANGLE OR THRUST FAULT ZONES WHICH CONTAIN CRUSHED QTZ VEINLETS OR FINE SIO2 WITH PYRITE. REFENCE POINT AT CONFLUENCE OF HENRY CR. AND KOUGAROK RIVER. MINING ALONG KOUGAROK RIVER NEAR THE MOUTH OF HENRY CREEK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUN-1991 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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