Mulchatna River

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10307419
Record type Site
Current site name Mulchatna River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.42268, 59.94938 (WGS84)
Relative position Martin and Katz (1912) reported that fine flour gold was present on gravel bars of the Mulchatna River above the mouth of the Koktalee (Koktuli) River. For this record, the location is a gravel bar about a mile above the mouth of the Koktuli River, arbitrarily chosen to represent the general area of occurrences noted by Martin and Katz (1912). Cobb (1972 [MF 375]; 1976 [OF 76-606]) included these occurrences under the name 'Mulchatna River'.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dillingham(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Dillingham NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mulchatna River(hydrologic unit)

Nushagak River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

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) -156.42268, 59.94938

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Martin and Katz (1912) reported that fine flour gold was present on gravel bars of the Mulchatna River above the mouth of the Koktalee (Koktuli) River. The Mulchatna River approximately coincides with a major structural boundary between mid-Cretaceous Kuskowim Group clastic rocks to the west and Mesozoic sedimentary and igneous rocks to the east (Decker and others, 1994).
  • Age = Holocene.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bristol Bay region

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Martin, G.C., and Katz, F.J., 1912, A geologic reconnaissance of the Iliamna region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 485, 138 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.

  • Deposit

    Decker, J., Bergman, S.C., Blodgett, R.B., Box, S.E., Bundtzen, T.K., Clough, J.G., Coonrad, W.L., Gilbert, W.G., Miller, M.L., Murphy, J.M., Robinson, M.S., and Wallace, W.K., 1994, Geology of southwestern Alaska, in Plafker, G. and Berg, H.C., eds., The Geology of Alaska: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. G-1, p. 285-310.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountains quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Dillingham quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-375, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Martin and Katz, 1912

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-01 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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