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Anikovik River Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003226
MRDS ID A016041
Record type Site
Current site name Anikovik River Placer
Related records 10135740

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -167.67285, 65.49093 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller B-6 NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Teller SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Wales Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • POINT ON CREEK ABOUT 1/4 MILE ABOVE MOUTH; SITE OF CHURN-DRILL HOLES 26 AND 27, FIG. 5, USBM RI 5520; DREDGING ALONG LOWERMOST 1/4 MILE. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tin Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU WORTH $19/OZ, USGS BULLETIN 263, P. 209 [PRICE OF AU WAS $20.67/FINE OZ]

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Augite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHURN-DRILL SAMPLES TAKEN CIRCA 1956 CONTAINED ONLY TRACES OF SN AND AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -167.67285, 65.49093
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M
    Length 402.33M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVEL COARSE AND RELATIVELY SHALLOW ; MAJOR.UNITS: CARBONACEOUS AND CALCAREOUS SHALE; CUT BY ANDESINE DIKE OR SILL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Comments on the production information

  • DREDGE OPERATED WITHIN 1/4 MILE OF MOUTH PROCESSED AN ESTIMATED 156,000 CY OF GRAVEL WHICH PRODUCED 1217 OZ OF AU AND 1600 LB OF CONCENTRATES GRADING 31% SN; USBM RI 5520, P. 5.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • 1-2 DREDGES OPERATED: 1914-15; USBM CHURN-DRILLING: 1956 OR 1957.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CASSITERITE AND GOLD MINED FROM STREAM GRAVELS ALONG LOWER MOST 1/4 MILE OF RIVER; DEPTH OF GRAVEL PROCESSED BY DREDGE WAS 6-8 FT.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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