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Sinuk River

Past Producer 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 10307958
Record type Site
Current site name Sinuk River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.94909, 64.70037 (WGS84)
Relative position Collier and others (1908, plate X) identified a gold-bearing area about 3 miles long in the upper part of Sinuk River centered approximately, between Green Gulch (NM127) and Independence Creek (NM126) southwest of the Nome-Teller road. The east limit of the area is approximately Washington Creek (NM128). The coordinate location is the approximate center of the gold-bearing area shown by Collier and others (1908). It is an approximate location.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(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) -165.94909, 64.70037
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = As indicated by mining claim locations (Kardex site Kx 52-308; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982), exploitation of the gold-bearing high-level gravels in this area was considered in the early days of the district and possibly as recently as 1982 on claims near 'Irish Hill' (hill 1335 south of Green Gulch). Collier and others (1908, p. 216) reported 'good prospects' in this area, including one 2-pennyweight (0.1 ounce) nugget found several hundred feet above Sinuk River. High-level gold-bearing gravels were reworked to form small economic placer deposits at Rulby Creek (NM016) and Green Gulch (NM127). A possible Tertiary source for some alluvial gold was reported at Coal Creek (NM129), an unnamed creek just north of the Nome-Teller road. Boulders of metamorphic and plutonic rocks from the Kigluaik Mountains are reported in the high-level gravels. Exploitation has in general been precluded by the cost of water delivery to these high-level gravel prospects.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = A possible gold resource exists in high-level gravels of the area.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The upper Sinuk River region was recognized as gold bearing as early as 1900. Both Boulder Creek (NM119) and Independence Creek (MN126) were worked on a small scale before 1903. Some claim activity south of Green Gulch was reported as recently as 1982 (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Collier, A. J., Hess, F.L., Smith, P.S., and Brooks, A.H., 1908, The gold placers of parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, including the Nome, Council, Kougarok, Port Clarence, and Goodhope precincts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 328, 343 p.

  • Deposit

    Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982, Mining claim location maps -- Nome quadrangle: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 8 p., 3 sheets, scales 1:63,360 and 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAR-00 Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. Hawley Resource Group

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