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Kiagna River

Prospect 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307247
Record type Site
Current site name Kiagna River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -142.33653, 60.95647 (WGS84)
Relative position Placer gold prospects occur along the upper part of Kiagna River. The location arbitrarily chosen to represent these prospects is on the river at the mouth of Martin Creek, a west tributary. The location is probably only accurate to within several miles. Cobb (1972 [MF 373]; 1979 [OF 79-1246]) included information about these prospects under the name 'Kiagna River.'

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bering Glacier D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bering Glacier NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bering Glacier C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chitina River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -142.33653, 60.95647
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Moffit (1916, 1918) reported that placer gold was known along upper parts of Kiagna River since about 1904. A small stampede to the area occurred in 1914, but little gold was probably produced. Valley glaciers have occupied the Kiagna River drainage. Bedrock in the area mostly consists of Paleozoic and Mesozoic metasedimentary and plutonic rocks (Hudson and Plafker, 1982).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Nizina

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Small-scale prospecting, probably by shovel and pan, has occurred in the area.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Moffit, 1916

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Deposit Other Comments = This area is within the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-DEC-01 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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