Unnamed (between arms of Lake Nerka)

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 10307424
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (between arms of Lake Nerka)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.70268, 59.51932 (WGS84)
Relative position Eakin (1968, p. 8) reported that placer gold has been found on a small lake between the two arms of Lake Nerka. For this record, the map site is in the NW 1/4 of section 6, T 8 S, R 55 W, of the Seward Meridian. It is on a small lake on the northeast flank of the uplands between the two arms of Lake Nerka. It is arbitrarily chosen to represent the occurrence reported by Eakin. It is very approximately located, probably within miles. Cobb (1972 [MF 375]; 1976 [OF 76-606]) included this occurrence under the name 'Lake Nerka'.

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-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Dillingham NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wood River(hydrologic unit)

Nushagak River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wood-Tikchik State Park(State Park)

State Park UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

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) -158.70268, 59.51932

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Eakin (1968, p. 8) reported that placer gold has been found on a small lake between the two arms of Lake Nerka. Bedrock in the area is mostly graywacke and argillite (Mertie, 1938) that is probably correlative with Jurassic clastic sedimentary rocks like those in the southeast part of the Hagemeister Island quadrangle (Jk unit of Hoare and Coonrad, 1978; Decker and others, 1994, fig. 1). Cretaceous or Tertiary intrusive rocks may be locally present.
  • 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

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Eakin, 1968

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

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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