Tuluksak River (below Granite Creek)

The Tuluksak River (below Granite Creek) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tuluksak River (below Granite Creek)

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Aniak

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Maddren, 1915

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = A 50-foot-deep prospecting shaft was dug in frozen ground at this locality.

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Maddren (1915) reported that fine gold was found in a 50-foot prospect shaft that was dug in frozen ground on this part of the Tuluksak River. This prospect is on the lower part of the river, where the gradient decreases and it enters onto the lowlands of the lower Kuskokwim River. The low elevation and proximity to the Kuskokwim River lowlands suggests that Quaternary sea level fluctuations could have influenced placer development on the lower Tuluksak River.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

References

Reference (Deposit): Maddren, A.G., 1915, Gold placers of the lower Kuskokwim with a note on copper in the Russian Mountains: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622-H, p. 292-360.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Bethel quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-455, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.

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