Beluga River

The Beluga River is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Beluga River

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Redoubt

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

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Very limited descriptive information is published on this prospect. Brooks (1909, p. 42) makes a very general reference to prospecting on the Beluga River, but does not provide a precise location.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Very limited descriptive information is published on this prospect. Brooks (1909, p. 42) makes a very general reference to prospecting on the Beluga River, but does not provide a precise location.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Gold (native)

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary

References

Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1909, The mining industry in 1908: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 379-A, p. 21-62.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1998, Minerals Availability System/Minerals Industry Location System (MAS/MILS), Talkeetna Quadrangle: Worldwide Web URL http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/data.html.
URL: http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/data.htm

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