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Tok

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001757
MRDS ID A012544
Record type Site
Current site name Tok

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -143.98267, 63.20969 (WGS84)
Relative position The Tok prospect is within the SE 1/4 section 36, T. 17 N., R. 7 E., of the Copper River Meridian. It is located in the headwaters of the Tok River valley, and is location 23 of Singer and others (1976). The location is accurate to within 1 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanacross A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tanacross SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tanacross(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -143.98267, 63.20969
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Tok prospect is cited in Singer and others (1976) as a possible lode gold deposit. There is no information other than name and location. Regional geology consists of undifferentiated Paleozoic and/or Precambrian metamorphic rocks (Foster, 1970).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name Tok

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface prospecting.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Singer and others, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Gold-quartz vein?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-APR-99 Cameron, C.E. Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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