The Chirikof Island is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Chirikof Island MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chirikof Island
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kodiak
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Gassaway, 1935
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The beach areas had been prospected prior to 1935 (Gassaway). U.S. Bureau of Mines claim map shows no apparent activity after 1950.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Gold placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Black sands occur along the northeast coast and at the extreme north end of the island for a distance of approximately 10 miles (Gassaway, 1935). These sands commonly occur as thin surface crusts on the beaches near high-tide levels. Some crusts were also noted on local sand dunes. On the northern tip of the island a narrow strip of black sand about 6 inches thick and extending about 1/8 mile was noted. The presence of gold in the black sands was found to be very sporadic as indicated in panned samples taken by Gassaway.
References
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Reference (Deposit): Gassaway, L.D., 1935, Black sand deposits of Kodiak Island: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Miscellaneous Report 135-3, 6 p.
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Singer, D.A., and Holloway, C.D., 1978, Maps and tables describing metalliferous mineral resource potential of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-1-E, 12 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:1,000,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Afognak, Karluk, Kodiak, and Trinity Islands quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-860, 49 p.
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