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Necons River

Prospect 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 10307762
Record type Site
Current site name Necons River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.01393, 61.02625 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb and Reed (1981) reported that placer gold activity has occurred at about this location on the Necons River. The Necons River is a moderate-size stream that flows southwest to the Stony River from headwaters in the Alaska Range. The map site is below Two Lakes, in the NW1/4 section 24, T 11 N, R 27 W, of the Seward Meridian. The location is very approximate, perhaps within several miles.

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-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Lime Hills C(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

Lake Clark National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Lake Clark National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

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) -154.01393, 61.02625
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Cobb and Reed (1981) reported that placer gold activity has occurred at approximately this location on the Necons River.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Aniak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Some surface prospecting has apparently occurred along the Necons River.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., and Reed, B.L., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska; Supplement to Open-File Report 76-485; Part A, Summaries to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1343-A, 25 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb and Reed, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986, model 39a)
Deposit Other Comments = This occurrence is within Lake Clark National Park.

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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