Unnamed (Muklung Hills area)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307418
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (Muklung Hills area)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.30266, 59.29933 (WGS84)
Relative position Eakin (1968, p. 8) locates this occurrence about 8 miles east of Marsh Mountain and on the northeast side of the Muklung Hills. The only parts of the Muklung Hills within 8 miles of Marsh Mountain are in the headwaters of an unnamed east tributary to the Muklung River. This location is tentatively concluded to be on the northeast side of the small hill between the Muklung River and the headwaters of this tributary. It is very approximately located, perhaps to within several miles. It is possible that Eakin was referring to an occurrence on the northeast slopes of Muklung Hills reported by Mertie (1938, p. 91; DI006). The map site selected for this record is the NW 1/4 section 26, T 10 S, R 53 W, of the Seward Meridian.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dillingham(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dillingham B-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Dillingham SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wood River(hydrologic unit)

Nushagak River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.30266, 59.29933

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Eakin (1968, p. 8) notes that placer gold has been found at this location. The Muklung Hills are an area of clastic sedimentary rocks perhaps correlative with Jurassic clastic sedimentary rocks like those in the southeast part of the Hagemeister Island quadrangle (Jk unit of Hoare and Coonrad, 1978; Decker and others, 1994, fig. 1). Mertie (1938) mapped a Cretaceous or Tertiary granitic pluton in the northern Muklung Hills area.
  • Age = Holocene.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bristol Bay region

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Eakin, 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-01 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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