The Kichatna River Placers is a platinum and gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Kichatna River Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kichatna River Placers
Commodity
Primary: Platinum
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Yentna
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Platinum
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PROSPECTING WAS CHIEFLY FOR PLATINUM IN RIVER BAR PLACERS
Comment (Deposit): SMALL AMOUNTS OF PT AND AU IN RIVER BARS
Comment (Geology): REG.COM: PT PROBABLY FROM ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE EARLY TERTIARY COMPOSITE PLUTONS IN THE HILLS TO THE WEST
Comment (Deposit): NO EVIDENCE THAT 1917 DREDGING OPERATION AT THIS SITE WAS PRODUCTIVE; FINE GOLD HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM NAKOCHNA RIVER, NEAR THE MOUTH OF KELLAR CREEK, NO OTHER DATA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS MOUTH OF NAKOCHNA RIVER, SITE OF DREDGE INSTALLATION ON N SIDE OF KICHATNA RIVER LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): IN 1917 A HUDSON DRY DREDGE WAS INSTALLED ON THE N SIDE OF KICHATNA R., AT THE MOUTH OF NAKOCHNA R. ; NO EVIDENCT THAT OPERATION WAS SUCCESSFUL
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 520, P. 199
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 534, P. 70-71
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 692, P. 32-33
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-369, LOC. 11
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 23
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 758-A, P. A6
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 67, LOC. 11
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-870-D, LOC. 39
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-870D-39
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