The Arolik & Goodnews River Area is a gold mine located in Alaska.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Arolik & Goodnews River Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arolik & Goodnews River Area
Secondary: Includes: Snow Gulch
Secondary: Slate
Secondary: Kowkow
Secondary: Butte & Wattamuse Creeks
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Location
State: Alaska
District: Goodnews Bay & Bethel Districts
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Platinum
Comments
Comment (Location): A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 60 SQ MI.; INCLUDES TRIBUTARIES OF AROLIK AND GOODNEWS RIVERS; AREA OF INTEREST GENERALLY NW & SE OF GIVEN LOCATION LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?
Comment (Development): WORKED ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY FROM 1900'S TO 1960'S
Comment (Deposit): VERY RICH GOLD PLACERS FOUND ON WATTAMUSE CREEK
Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE DRILLING
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: GRANITIC PLUTONS, GLACIAL & GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSITS, MAFIC ROCKS
Comment (Deposit): SOME OF THE GOLD PLACERS ON KOWKOW CREEK REST ON FALSE BEDROCK RESEMBLING GLACIAL TILL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B1374, P. 47-49
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR, P.
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