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Penny 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 10307987
Record type Site
Current site name Penny River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.65988, 64.58988 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect consists of patented mining claims along Penny River. They extend about 1.5 miles upstream and about 2.5 miles downstream from the mouth of Willow Creek (NM162). The mouth of Willow Creek is 500 feet downstream from where the Nome-Teller road crosses Penny River. The location is the approximate mid-point of the patented claims.

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-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sitnasuak 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) -165.65988, 64.58988
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Penny River parallels or follows the Penny River fault over most of its length (Bundtzen and others, 1994), and several mineralized areas are present along or near this fault. Although patented mining claims exist along this part of Penny River, there is no evidence of significant mining. It is assumed that gold on Penny River is fine grained and only locally concentrated in point bar and other river deposits. Early claims were staked on the Penny River by the Pioneer Mining Company and later transferred to the F.E. Company (Heiner and Porter, 1972). A map of Hammon Consolidated Goldfields of about 1925 also shows mining claim activity along Penny River.
  • 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 = Mining claims were staked in 1913 by Pioneer Mining Company and later assigned to the F.E. Company. The claims were active from 1913 until 1978 (Heiner and Porter, 1972; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982). There is no record of significant mining.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Heiner and Porter, 1972

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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