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Solomon River Area

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100945
MRDS ID A010713
Record type Site
Current site name Solomon River Area
Alternate or previous names Big Hurrah Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.38659, 64.61042 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 60 SQ MI. GENERALLY NORTH OF GIVEN LOCATION 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
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -164.38659, 64.61042
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: SCHIST AND LIMESTONE ; REG.COM: THESE CREEKS DRAIN AREA OF BIG HURRAH (LODE) GOLD MINE, WHICH IS THE PROBABLE SOURCE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1899
Year of last production 1963

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED ABOUT 150,000 TOZ AU

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST PRODUCTION FROM BENCHES ON SOLOMON RIVER AND FROM CREEK GRAVELS ON BIG HURRAH CREEK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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