Stuyahok River Gold

The Stuyahok River Gold 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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Site Name

Primary: Stuyahok River Gold
Secondary: Flat Creek
Secondary: Stuyahok Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1921
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Form: SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS

Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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

Comment (Workings): SURFACE: HYDRAULIC AND DRAGLINE METHODS USED.; DRILLING AND SAMPLING WAS DONE IN GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS IN 1994 BY A CREW FROM CALISTA CORPORATION AND IN 1995 BY THE USGS AND CALISTA CORPORATION. A CUT WAS LEASED AND MINED FROM 1994 THROUGH 1996.

Comment (Production): COBB (1973) ESTIMATED PRODUCTION AT 23,000 - 30,000 OZ. OF AU. MINED FROM 1921-1940.

Comment (Deposit): THE AREA IS UNDERLAIN MAINLY BY ANDESITIC TO DACITIC FLOWS AND AGGLOMERATES, ANDESITIC AND FELSIC TUFFS, VOLCANICLASTIC SANDSTONES AND SILTSTONES, AND GRAYWACKE OF THE JURASSIC AND LOWER CRETACEOUS KOYUKUK TERRANE. SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA ARE YOUNGER (TERTIARY ?) FELSIC AND MAFIC DIKES WHICH CUT THE OLDER ROCKS. A COMPLETE GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION OF THE STUYAHOK AREA IS AVAILABLE IN USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 96-505-A (MILLER AND OTHERS, 1996)

Comment (Location): COBB (1972 MF-376), LOC. 2. LOCATION IS AT STUYAHOK MINES SYMBOL ON HOLY CROSS A-4 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active

References

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-376-2

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Holy Cross quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-376, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): COBB, E.H., 1973, PLACER DEPOSITS OF ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1374, 213 P., 1 PLATE, SCALE ~1:8,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): COBB, E.H., COMPILER, 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE HOLY CROSS QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-376, SCALE 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): HARRINGTON, G.L., 1918, THE ANVIK-ANDREAFSKY REGION, ALASKA (INCLUDING THE MARSHALL DISTRICT): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 683, 70 P.

Reference (Deposit): MILLER AND OTHERS, 1996

Reference (Deposit): COBB, E.H., 1976, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS) IN THE CANDLE, HOLY CROSS, NORTON BAY, NULATO, AND UNALAKLEET QUADRANGLES, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-866, 102 P.

Reference (Deposit): SWAINBANK, R.C., BUNDTZEN, T.K., CLOUGH, A.H., HENNING, M.W., HANSEN, E.W., 1995, ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1994: ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS, SPECIAL REPORT 49, 77 P.

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