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Arolik 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 10308581
Record type Site
Current site name Arolik River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.44273, 59.53927 (WGS84)
Relative position Arolik River is a major drainage that flows northwest to the Bering Sea coast near Arolik village. This location is assumed to be near two gold-bearing tributaries, Snow Gulch (GO034) and Fox Creek (GO032). The map site is on the Arolik River between the mouths of these two creeks, in the SW 1/4 of section 30, T 7 S, R 71 W, of the Seward Meridian. It is included by Hoare and Cobb (1977) under the name 'Arolik R.'.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodnews Bay C-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Goodnews Bay NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Qanirtuuq, Incorporated(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

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 = The Arolik River flood plain is about 1/2 mile wide in this area, an apparently nonglaciated part of the river near the mouths of Snow Gulch (GO034) and Fox Creek (032), each containing productive gold placer deposits. Much exploration took place on Arolik River, especially in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and some local mining apparently occurred in 1932 (Hoare and Cobb, 1977, p. 27). Additional information about placer deposits along the river is not available.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bethel

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hoare and Cobb, 1977

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 20-MAR-2001 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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

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