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Tuluksak River

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, 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 10308787
MRDS ID A013386
Record type Site
Current site name Tuluksak River
Related records 10160920, 10107537

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.99283, 60.98932 (WGS84)
Relative position This placer mine extends along the Tuluksak River for about 3 miles upstream from the mouth of Slate Creek. The area of placer mining is about 0.4 mile wide and continues upstream into the Russian Mission quadrangle. The map site is at the approximate midpoint of the workings in the Bethel quadrangle, at the northeast corner of section 6, T 10 N, R 60 W, of the Seward Meridian. It is locality 11 of Cobb (1972 [MF 455]) and of Hoare and Cobb (1977).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethel D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bethel NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bethel(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

Calista Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
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) -159.99283, 60.98932
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Extensive dredging has taken place onTuluksak River for about 3 miles upstream of the mouth of Slate Creek. The dredged area is up to 0.4 mile wide and it continues upstream into the Russian Mission quadrangle. Mining on this river started as early as 1909 and continued until 1964 (Hoare and Cobb, 1977). Some platinum was produced along with the gold. There have been some attempts to renew placer mining without apparent success. Copper mineralization in andesitic bedrock was dredged up locally (BH013). A significant part of the bedrock in the drainage is hornfels in Jurassic volcanic rocks surrounding a mid-Cretaceous pluton (Box and others, 1993).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name Aniak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Dredge tailings at least 3 miles long and up to 0.4 mile wide are present along the river. Ditches, flume, airstrip, buildings, and power line are shown on the USGS Bethel D-3 1:63,360-scale topographic map (1951/1971 edition).

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.

  • Deposit

    Box, S.E, Moll-Stalcup, E.J., Frost, T.P., and Murphy, J.M., 1993, Preliminary geologic map of the Bethel and southern Russian Mission quadrangles, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2226-A, 20 p., scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Bethel quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-455, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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 24-MAR-2001 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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