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Nulato River

Occurrence 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 10308021
Record type Site
Current site name Nulato River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.29368, 64.59322 (WGS84)
Relative position The Nulato River flows northeast through the northeast quarter of the Norton Bay quadrangle. The exact location of prospecting along the Nulato River is not known and the coordinates are arbitrarily placed at the approximate midpoint of the Nulato River within the Norton Bay quadrangle. The location is accurate within 10 miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norton Bay C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nulato NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Norton Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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) -159.29368, 64.59322
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Schrader and Brooks (1900) note reports of gold in the headwaters of the Nulato River but they question the validity of these reports. The rocks in the vicinity of the Nulato River are graywacke, shale, grit, and conglomerate of the Cretaceous Shaktolik Group (Cass, 1959).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Anvik

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Schrader and Brooks (1900) note reports of gold in the headwaters of the Nulato River but they question the validity of these reports.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Schrader, F.C., and Brooks, A.H., 1900, Preliminary report on the Cape Nome gold region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Special Publication, 56 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Schrader and Brooks, 1900

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-01 Cameron, C.E. Northern Associates Inc.

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