Elva Lake

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 10307458
Record type Site
Current site name Elva Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.1527, 59.62932 (WGS84)
Relative position Elva Lake is a small lake on the upland between Little Togiak Lake and Amakuk Arm of Lake Nerka. This occurrence is along the drainage that enters Elva Lake from the north. It is very approximately located, perhaps within miles. The map site is on Elva Creek about 0.6 mile northwest of Elva Lake, in the SE1/4 of section 28, T 6 S, R 58 W, of the Seward Meridian. It was included by Hoare and Cobb (1977) under the name 'Lake Elva'.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dillingham(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodnews Bay C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Goodnews Bay NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goodnews Bay(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 ST(Type of land area)

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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) -159.1527, 59.62932

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Eakins (1968, p. 18) reported that placer gold was found in streams entering Lake Elva. This occurrence is arbitrarily located on the only stream entering from the north or upper end of Elva Lake. Bedrock in the area is Mesozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks (Hoare and Coonrad, 1978).
  • 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 = Eakins, 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Deposit Other Comments = This occurrence is in Wood-Tikchik State Park.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-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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