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Noxapaga 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 10001869
MRDS ID A012688
Record type Site
Current site name Noxapaga River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.11338, 65.54934 (WGS84)
Relative position Noxapaga River is a major north tributary to the Kuzitrin River in the west-central part of the Bendeleben quadrangle. This locality is described by Hopkins (1963) as being a few hundred yards upstream of the mouth of Goose Creek (BN020). It is locality 53 of Cobb (1972; MF 417; 1975; OFR 75-429)); it is misplotted by Cobb (1972; MF 417).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

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

(1) -164.11338, 65.54934
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Hopkins (1963) states that a small patch of Kougarok gravel (Pliocene-Pleistocene) has been prospected and found to be sparsely auriferous here. Although Kougarok gravel has been shown to carry small amounts of gold elsewhere (Sainsbury and others, 1969; Sainsbury, 1975), significant gold placers have not been identified within it.
  • Age = Pliocene-Pleistocene; the age of Kougarok gravel.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kougarok

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = No mine workings are present; perhaps a few test pits have been dug.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hopkins, 1963

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 15-MAR-1999 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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