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Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10003335
MRDS ID	A106079
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-143.46317, 67.84984 (WGS84)
Relative position	Location plotted is for locality 3 of Barker (1981, p. 33) on Sheenjek River, 10 mi (16 km) upstream from confluence of Koness River; located to within 1 mi (1.6 km).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coleen D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Coleen NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coleen(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-143.46317, 67.84984	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = Gold in placer

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Sheenjek

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A106079
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	CO015

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Brosgi, W.R., and Reiser, H.N., 1968, Geochemical maps of granitic rocks, Coleen and Table Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 323, scale 1:250,000.
Deposit

Barker, J.C., 1981, Mineral investigations in the Porcupine River drainage, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 27-81, 189 p., 2 sheets.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Barker (1981)

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Model Name = Placer, stream

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	12-SEP-1996	J.H. Dover	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.