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King Salmon 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 10308362
Record type Site
Current site name King Salmon River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.12274, 60.30935 (WGS84)
Relative position Mertie (1938, p. 91) reported that coarse gold was found in the upper valley of King Salmon River. This location is arbitrarily chosen to represent this occurrence. For this record, the map site is on the river, 1.25 miles southeast of USGS benchmark King, in the SW1/4 of section 27, T 3 N, R 51 W, of the Seward Meridian. It is approximately located, probably within a few miles. Cobb (1972 [MF 384]; 1976 [OF 76-606]) included this occurrence under the name 'King Salmon River'.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dillingham(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Taylor Mountains B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Taylor Mountains SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Taylor Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Nushagak River(hydrologic unit)

Nushagak River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

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

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Mertie (1938, p. 91) reported that coarse gold was found in the upper valley of the King Salmon River in1907. King Salmon River is a large west tributary to the Nushagak River. It flows east from headwaters along a low divide that separates it from the drainage of Tikchik River. Bedrock in the King Salmon River drainage is mid-Cretaceous clastic sedimentary rocks of the Kuskokwim Group locally intruded by Upper Cretaceous or Lower Tertiary granitic and hypabyssal felsic rocks. Clark and others (1970 [OF 438]) reported analytical data for stream sediments and one rock sample in the area of USGS benchmark King. Several of the stream-sediment samples in this area contained anomalous amounts of metals, including Ag, As, B, and Cu. The rock sample, from near the benchmark, contained weakly anomalous amounts of Ag and As. Bedrock in this area includes a small area of felsic intrusive rocks surrounded by hornfels (Clark and others, 1970 [OF 438]).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bristol Bay region

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Clark, A.L., Condon, W.H., Hoare, J.M., and Sorg, D.H., 1970, Analyses of rock and stream sediment samples from the Taylor Mountains C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 438, 89 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Taylor Mountains quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-384, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountains quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.

  • Deposit

    Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1938, The Nushagak district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 903, 96 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Clark and others, 1970 (OF 438)

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-00 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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