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Sunshine Valley

Occurrence 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. 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 10307457
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine Valley

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.09269, 59.46931 (WGS84)
Relative position Sunshine Valley is at the north end of Lake Aleknagik. This placer occurrence is very approximately located, perhaps within a few miles, inasmuch as placer gold is only reported to be from streams that drain the southwest side of Sunshine Valley. For this record, the map site is at the mouth of an unnamed creek, where it enters Sunshine Valley, in the E1/2 of section 23, T 8 S, R 58 W, of the Seward Meridian. This occurrence was included by Hoare and Cobb (1977) under the name 'Sunshine Valley'.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dillingham(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodnews Bay B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Goodnews Bay SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goodnews Bay(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

Wood-Tikchik State Park(State Park)

State Park ST(Type of land area)

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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) -159.09269, 59.46931
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Mertie (1938, p. 88) reported a general area of lode mineralization and its relation to granitic stocks on the ridge southwest of Sunshine Valley (GO001), and noted that some placer gold had been found in the streams that drain eastward into Sunshine Valley from this ridge. This occurrence is arbitrarily located on the drainage that heads against the area of lode mineralization.
  • Age = Holocene.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bristol Bay Region

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Reconnaissance geochemical sampling has been completed in the area.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Mertie, 1938

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Deposit Other Comments = This occurrence is within Wood-Tikchik State Park.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-MAR-01 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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