Kahiltna River Placers

The Kahiltna River Placers is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Kahiltna River Placers
Secondary: Sholan Bar
Secondary: Round Bend Bar
Secondary: Red Hill Bar

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Uranium

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: 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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Spinel
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Cassiterite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Sphene
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Platinum
Unknown: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Deposit): BAR DEPOSITS ARE CONDUCIVE TO LARGE SCALE PLACER MINING METHODS; GOLD HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN STREAM AND BENCH PLACERS ON LAKE CREEK, WHICH RUNS PARALLEL TO KAHILTNA RIVER ON ITS W SIDE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS APPROXIMATE SITE OF SHOLAN BAR; OTHER SITES OF MINING ACTIVITY WERE ROUND BEND BAR AND RED HILL BAR NEAR THE MOUTH OF BEAVER CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Commodity): PT RECOVERED AS BYPRODUCT OF PLACER GOLD MINING; PT FOUND IN GRAINS UP TO 1/8 IN IN DIAMETER

Comment (Production): ROUND BEND BAR PRODUCED ABOUT 72.5 OZ FROM 100 CY OF GRAVEL IN 1908, (REPORTED AS 1500 DOLLARS IN GOLD WITH GOLD AT 20.67/OZ), IN USGS BULL 692, P. 263

Comment (Development): HAS BEEN MINED ON SMALL SCALE INTERMITTENTLY ALONG BARS AND BENCHES; AT LEAST 20 DRILL HOLES SUNK IN 1917

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRAVELS 6 TO 9 FT DEEP, SEVERAL HUNDRED YD WIDE, CONTAIN GOLD, PLATINUM AND THORIUM BEARING MINERALS

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: COAL BEARING FORMATION COMPOSED OF INTERBEDDED SANDSTONE AND GLACIAL CLAY WITH LENSES OF CONGLOMERATE

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 692, P. 32-33, 262

Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRC 202, P. 9

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1024, P. 2, 21-22

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 311, P. 7, 28

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 530, P. 109

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 630, P. 89

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-870-D, LOC. 66

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-870D-66

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 534, P. 71

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