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Sinuk River (lower)

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 10307961
Record type Site
Current site name Sinuk River (lower)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.22759, 64.63277 (WGS84)
Relative position A total of 62 mining claims were reported to be present at this location along lower Sinuk River in 1982 (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982, location 253). The location is shown as on or adjacent to Sinuk River about 4 miles upstream from its mouth on Norton Sound The location is probably accurate within about 1 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nome N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

King Island Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

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) -166.22759, 64.63277
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Mining claim activity between 1968 and 1978 was reported along a portion of lower Sinuk River at location 253 about 2 miles below the mouth of Camp Creek and 4 miles upstream from the mouth of Sinuk River on Norton Sound (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982). Paleozoic marble bedrock is locally exposed along Sinuk River in this area (Sainsbury and others, 1972 [OFR 72-322]). The river reworks a mantle of surficial deposits that lie on bedrock; glacial materials may be present (Sainsbury and others, 1972 [OFR 72-322]). The nature of the placer deposits has not been reported.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Active mining claims were reported along lower Sinuk River in 1968 (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982, location 253). The same Kardex site number and activity date were reported by Heiner and Porter (1972), but they called the location Cherry Creek. The claims were abandoned in 1978.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Heiner, L.E., and Porter, Eve, 1972, Alaska Mineral Properties, volume 2: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 24, 669 p.

  • Deposit

    Sainsbury, C.L., Hudson, T.L., Ewing, Rodney, and Marsh, W.R., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nome C-3 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-322, 9 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

  • Deposit

    Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982, Mining claim location maps -- Nome quadrangle: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 8 p., 3 sheets, scales 1:63,360 and 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAR-00 Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. Hawley Resource Group

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