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Upper Salmon River

Prospect 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209863
MAS/MILS ID 0020910017
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Salmon River
Alternate or previous names Cripple Creek 1-9, 9 160 Acre Assn. Claims, Solomon River, Cripple Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -159.5528, 60.79933 (WGS84)
Elevation 442
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethel D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bethel NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bethel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 008 N 059 W 01 E2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -159.5528, 60.79933
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit J. COOK STAKED 9 160 ACRE ASSN. CLAIMS FINANCED BY R. BRAGOW 4 AND M. SKRIBEN IN 1939 PRIOR TO THIS IN 1934 JIM DAVIDSON & ASSOCS STAKED CLAIM(S) ON CRIPPLE CREEK. PECK AND RICE OPTIONED CLAIM(S) ON CRIPPLE CREEK. ACTIVE 1940. GLACIAL DEPOSITS FROM CRIPPLE CREEK EXTEND INTO SALMON RIVER VALLEY. BEDROCK IN AREA IS MAINLY GRAYWACKE AND OTHER CLASTIC ROCKS OF THE CRETACEOUS KUSKOKWIM GROUP AND SMALL ALBITE RHYOLITE INTRUSIVE BODIES. (HOARE AND COONRAD)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1986 Sbh 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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