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Nadina River

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, PGE
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307476
Record type Site
Current site name Nadina River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.80258, 61.99966 (WGS84)
Relative position The Nadina River site is a discredited placer location for gold and platinum group metals. In about 1899, the entire creek was staked from Nadina Glacier to the stream's confluence with the Copper River but there is no record of actual production or the occurrence of significant gold or platinum-group elements. The arbitrary location given here is in the wide glacial valley on the border between the Gulkana and Valdez quadrangles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ahtna, Incorporated(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Platinum Ore
Palladium Ore
Iridium Ore
Osmium Ore
Rhodium Ore
Ruthenium Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.80258, 61.99966
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Most of the wash in the Nadina River is unaltered andesitic lava and tuff of the Mt. Drum volcano (Mendenhall and Schrader, 1903, p. 63-64). As early as 1899, there were rumors of very high grade gold and platinum in the sediments of Nadina River. The river was staked and intensively prospected; one shaft was reportedly 67 feet deep. The Geological Survey collected many samples from the area but was unable to confirm any concentration of gold or platinum metals, and there has been no further reports of placers along the river.
  • Age = Probably no placers exist but if so, they would be Holocene.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Chistochina

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The creek was actively prospecting beginning in about 1899, but apparently with no results and there is no indication of any activity after about 1903. One shaft was reportedly 67 feet deep.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Mendenhall and Schrader, 1903

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = (Discredited Au-PGE placer)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-DEC-00 W.T. Ellis Alaska Earth Sciences
Reporter 07-DEC-00 Hawley, C.C. Hawley Resource Group
Reporter 07-DEC-00 W.J. Nokleberg U.S. Geological Survey

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