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Unalakleet River

Prospect 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 10308477
Record type Site
Current site name Unalakleet River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -160.33753, 63.92008 (WGS84)
Relative position There are unconfirmed early reports of gold along the Unalakleet River. The precise location of this prospect is unknown, and it may be in the Norton Bay quadrangle. The coordinates are for an arbitrary location on the Unalakleet River near the junction of Chiroskey River. The location is accurate within 50 miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Unalakleet N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Unalakleet C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Unalakleet(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Unalakleet Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

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

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Schrader and Brooks (1900) report gold discoveries along the Unalakleet River during the fall of 1898. The rocks in the vicinity of the Unalakleet River are graywacke, shale, grit, and conglomerate of the Cretaceous Shaktolik group (Cass, 1959). An intrusive body of unspecified composition that is approximately 5 miles south of the river and 7 miles south of the boundary of Holy Cross quadrangle is partially buried by sediments from the river (Cass, 1959).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Mining district

District name Anvik

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Some prospecting or mining around 1898 (Schrader and Brooks, 1900).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Schrader, F.C., and Brooks, A.H., 1900, Preliminary report on the Cape Nome gold region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Special Publication, 56 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Schrader and Brooks, 1900

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer gold (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Deposit Other Comments = the location of this prospect is uncertain; it may be in the Norton Bay quadrangle.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-01 Cameron, C.E. Northern Associates Inc.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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