The Anikovik River Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Anikovik River Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Anikovik River Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
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
Discovery Year: 1900
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: CHURN-DRILL SAMPLES TAKEN CIRCA 1956 CONTAINED ONLY TRACES OF SN AND AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Augite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): AU WORTH $19/OZ, USGS BULLETIN 263, P. 209 [PRICE OF AU WAS $20.67/FINE OZ]
Comment (Location): POINT ON CREEK ABOUT 1/4 MILE ABOVE MOUTH; SITE OF CHURN-DRILL HOLES 26 AND 27, FIG. 5, USBM RI 5520; DREDGING ALONG LOWERMOST 1/4 MILE. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): CASSITERITE AND GOLD MINED FROM STREAM GRAVELS ALONG LOWER MOST 1/4 MILE OF RIVER; DEPTH OF GRAVEL PROCESSED BY DREDGE WAS 6-8 FT.
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): GRAVEL COARSE AND RELATIVELY SHALLOW ; MAJOR.UNITS: CARBONACEOUS AND CALCAREOUS SHALE; CUT BY ANDESINE DIKE OR SILL
Comment (Production): DREDGE OPERATED WITHIN 1/4 MILE OF MOUTH PROCESSED AN ESTIMATED 156,000 CY OF GRAVEL WHICH PRODUCED 1217 OZ OF AU AND 1600 LB OF CONCENTRATES GRADING 31% SN; USBM RI 5520, P. 5.
Comment (Development): 1-2 DREDGES OPERATED: 1914-15; USBM CHURN-DRILLING: 1956 OR 1957.
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 622, P. 23, 83-84, 89, 91-92, 367, 372-373.
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5520, P. 5, 15, 17-20, 23.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 4, LOC. 12
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-426-35
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 281.
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