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Stuyahok 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. 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 10307421
Record type Site
Current site name Stuyahok River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.50266, 59.69937 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972 [MF 375]) referenced a written communication from F. H. Waskey in 1935 (probably to J. B. Mertie Jr.) that reported a gold occurrence on Stuyahok River. This location, on the Stuyahok River north of the Stuyahok Hills, is arbitraily chosen to represent this occurrence. For this record, the map site is the NE1/4 of section 30, T 5 S, R 42 W, of the Seward Meridian. It is very approximately located and could be up to 10 miles from the actual location.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dillingham(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dillingham C-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) -156.50266, 59.69937
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Cobb (1972 [MF 375]) referenced a written communication from F. H. Waskey in 1935 (probably to J. B. Mertie, Jr.) that reported a gold occurrence on Stuyahok River. The Stuyahok River drains uplands on the south side of the Mulchatna River valley where Mesozoic sedimentary and igneous rocks may be present (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

    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., 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 = Cobb, 1972 (MF 375)

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

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