| Deposit ID | 10307623 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Slug River |
| Geographic coordinates: | -161.64266, 58.70925 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This prospect, or area of prospects, is very approximately located, probably with an accuracy of several miles. Slug River is on Cape Newenham Peninsula and flows southwest to Nanvak Bay. Somewhere along its approximately 16-mile length, some placer gold was recovered in 1937 (Smith, 1939 [B 910-A; B 917-A]). For this record, the map site is in the upper river valley where several headwater tributaries come together. It is in the NE1/4 of section 15, T 17 S, R 75 W, of the Seward Meridan. Cobb (1980 [OF 80-909]) included this location under the name, 'Slug R.'. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Bethel(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hagemeister Island C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Hagemeister Strait(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Hagemeister Island(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Togiak(hydrologic unit)
Nushagak River(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)
National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)
FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|
| District name | Bristol Bay region |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | HG033 |
Smith, P.S. 1939, Mineral industry in Alaska in 1937: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 910-A, p. 1-113.
Smith, P.S., 1939, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1938: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 917-A, p. 1-113.
Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.
Smith, P.S., 1939, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1937: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 910-A, p. 1-113.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-MAR-01 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |
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