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Donlin Creek lode gold deposit

Prospect in Iditarod county 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400516
Record type Deposit
Current site name Donlin Creek lode gold deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.1843, 62.0542 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kuskokwim Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alaska Iditarod

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.1843, 62.0542
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 2009
    Reserves 1045mt
    Remarks 33.6 M oz gold reserves. 42 M oz gold in all categories.\nNovaGold website 13-Jan-2011\nhttp://www.novagold.com/section.asp?pageid=15826
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold 100 wt-pct Gold Primary 2009

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Francis, Kevin, 2008, Donlin Creek Project NI 43-101 Technical Report
    Southwest Alaska, U.S., 285 p.

  • Deposit

    Szumigala, D.J., Dodd, S.P., and Arribas, A. Jr., 2000, Geology and gold mineralization at the Donlin Creek prospects, southwestern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 119, p. 91-115.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Alaska's largest gold deposit.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JAN-11 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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