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Wild River

Past Producer 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160550
MRDS ID A003917
MAS/MILS ID 0020300085
Record type Site
Current site name Wild River

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -151.59778, 67.46546 (WGS84)
Elevation 351
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiseman B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 031 N 018 W 33 SENWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -151.59778, 67.46546
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1924

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Production statistics

  • Year 1924
    Description 72 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2239.45g
  • Year 1953
    Description 2 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 62.2g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REF. POINT IS AT CONFLUENCE OF WILD RIVER & THE SOUTH OUTLET OF WILD LAKE. PROSPECTS OCCUR ON UPPER WILD R. NORTH OF WILD LAKE AND ON LOWER WILD RIVER SOUTH OF WILD LAKE. 571 OZ AU, 63 OZ AG PRODUCED AS OF 1953.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Clm U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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