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Stuyahok River Gold

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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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 10308858
MRDS ID A013469
Record type Site
Current site name Stuyahok River Gold
Related records 10002527

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -160.96714, 62.06015 (WGS84)
Relative position USGS MF-376, Loc. 2. Location is at Stuyahok Mines symbol on Holy Cross A-4 topographic map.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holy Cross A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Holy Cross SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holy Cross C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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
Gold Primary
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
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) -160.96714, 62.06015
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The area is underlain mainly by andesitic to dacitic flows and agglomerates, andesitic and felsic tuffs, volcaniclastic sandstones and siltstones, and graywacke of the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Koyukuk terrane. Scattered throughout the area are younger (Tertiary ?) felsic and mafic dikes which cut the older rocks. A complete geologic description of the Stuyahok area is available in USGS Open-File Report 96-505-A (Miller and others, 1996)
  • Age = Tertiary/Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active

Mining district

District name Anvik

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Cobb (1973) estimated production at 23,000 - 30,000 oz. of Au. Mined from 1921-1940.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface: Hydraulic and dragline methods used.; Drilling and sampling was done in gold placer deposits in 1994 by a crew from Calista Corporation and in 1995 by the USGS and Calista Corporation. A cut was leased and mined from 1994 through 1996.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Harrington, G.L., 1918, The Anvik-Andreafsky region, Alaska (including the Marshall district): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 683, 70 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 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.

  • Deposit

    Swainbank, R.C., Bundtzen, T.K., Clough, A.H., Henning, M.W., and Hansen E.W., 1995, Alaska's mineral industry 1994: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 49, 77 p.

  • Deposit

    Miller, M.L., Bundtzen, T.K., Keith, W.J., Bailey, E.A., Bickerstaff, Damon, 1996, Geology and mineral resources of the Stuyahok area, part of Holy Cross A-4 and A-5 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-505-A, 30 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Holy Cross quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-376, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Miller and others, 1996

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer; modern stream, bench(?)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-AUG-1996 Miller, M.L.; Keith, W.J. U.S. Geological Survey

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