Unnamed (along the Kenai River)

The Unnamed (along the Kenai River) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (along the Kenai River)

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Hope

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Some placer mining was done at turn of century; and the river was dredged between 1903 and 1915.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1979

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The bedrock is the Cretaceous Valdez Group metasediments (MacKevett and Holloway, 1977). Small quantities of gold have been recovered from the upper part of glacial-fluvial gravel benches along the banks of the Kenai River (Martin and others, 1915). Gold from the Kenai River valley is very fine, light, and flaky, and has a value of about $17.58 per ounce (with gold at $20.67 per ounce)(Martin and others, 1915, p.199).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is within a wilderness area and is now closed to mineral entry.

References

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1906, Gold fields of the Turnagain Arm region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 277, p. 7-52.

Reference (Deposit): Martin G.C., Johnson, B.L., and Grant, U.S., 1915, Geology and mineral resources of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 587, 243 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Kenai quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-377, 1 sheet, scale 1:150,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than minerals fuels and construction materials) in the Kenai and Tyonek Quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-86, 36 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic minerals resources map of the Seldovia quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-397, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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