Red River

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold, PGE
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258583
MAS/MILS ID 0021300007
Record type Site
Current site name Red River
Alternate or previous names Ayakulik River, Henton

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -154.52745, 57.19657 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kodiak Island(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Karluk S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Karluk(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kodiak-Afognak Islands(hydrologic unit)

Kodiak-Shelikof(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ayakulik, Incorporated(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 034 S 033 W 28 C SESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -154.52745, 57.19657

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1921

Mining district

District name Kodiak Region

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1921
    Description 280 Yards Processed. 67 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2083.93g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-AUG-1991 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.