| Deposit ID | 10307458 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Elva Lake |
| 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'. |
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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| (1) | -159.1527, 59.62932 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|
| District name | Bristol Bay Region |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | GO003 |
Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.
Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geologic map of the Goodnews and Hagemeister Island quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-B, two sheets, scale 1:250,000.
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 20-MAR-01 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |
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