Tiekel River Placer Occurrence

The Tiekel River Placer Occurrence is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tiekel River Placer Occurrence

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Tiekel

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: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NO DATA

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 70 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): PLACER GOLD DISCOVERED "SEVERAL YEARS" BEFORE 1913 ON BENCH OF RIGHT SIDE OF RIVER ABOUT 3 MI ABOVE THE MOUTH; NO OTHER DATA

Comment (Deposit): PLACER GOLD ON STREAM BENCH; NO OTHER DATA

Comment (Deposit): VERY LITTLE DATA OTHER THAN OCCURRENCE OF PLACER GOLD ON STREAM BENCH; EARLY PLANS FOR HYDRAULIC PLANT PROVED UNREALISTIC ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 592, P. 62

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 91

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 70

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-70

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