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Sparrevohn

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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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 10307752
Record type Site
Current site name Sparrevohn

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.64187, 61.12442 (WGS84)
Relative position Drainages in a several-square-mile area northwest of Sparrevohn Air Force Station contain detrital gold (Eppinger, 1993). The map site is at an elevation of 1,250 feet on one of the drainages flowing northwest from the Sparrevohn uplands in the SE1/4 section 15, T 12 N, R 36 W, of the Seward Meridian. The map site is chosen to represent the general area of gold occurrences.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lime Hills A-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Lime Hills SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lime Hills(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stony River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
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) -155.64187, 61.12442
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Pan concentrates from several drainages in this area contain detrital gold, and one contains gold and cinnabar (Eppinger, 1993). Most of the gold is well-rounded and flat, except for that in the one sample that contains cinnabar. Bedrock in the area is dominantly Cretaceous clastic sedimentary rocks (Eppinger, 1993).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name McGrath

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Eppinger, R.G., 1993, Gold and cinnabar in heavy-mineral concentrates from stream-sediment samples collected from the western half of the Lime Hills 1 degree x 3 degree quadrangle, Alaska, in Dusel-Bacon, C. and Till, A. B., eds., Geologic studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2068, p. 91-100.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Eppinger, 1993

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUN-01 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology
Reporter 10-JUN-01 Madelyn A. Millholland Millholland & Associates

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

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