The Salmon River Area is a gold and platinum mine located in Alaska.
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Salmon River Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Salmon River Area
Secondary: Platinum
Secondary: Dowry
Secondary: Clara
Secondary: Foxgulch
Secondary: Creeks
Secondary: Salmon River
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Platinum
Secondary: Palladium
Secondary: Chromium
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Iridium
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1934
Discovery Year: 1926
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MINOR HG AMOUNTS
Analytical Data: 0.10%-2% AU, 50-88% PT, 6-40% IR, 0.14-0.40% PD
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Platinum
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Iridium
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ASSAY RANGES PRECIOUS METAL SAMPLES FREE OF IMPURITIES
Comment (Production): 641000 OZS PLATINUM PRODUCED 1934-1975; ESTIMATED RESERVES ABOUT 500000 OUNCES PLATINUM
Comment (Deposit): PLATINUM CREEK MAJOR PRODUCER AT PRESENT
Comment (Workings): DREDGE WORKING AT PRESENT MOVING 7000 CUBIC YARDS DAILY, 1.12 MILLION CUBIC YARDS PER 160-DAY SEASON; DREDGE HAS 60 FOOT DIGGING DRAFT
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: ULTRAMATIC ROCKS ; REG.COM: RED MOUNTAIN, HIGHLY PROBABLE SOURCE
Comment (Development): WORKED ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY FROM 1934 TO PRESENT
Comment (Deposit): PRINCIPAL RESERVES REMAINING ARE CLAY-RICH PORTIONS OF TAILINGS FROM PAST LOW-GRADE PRODUCTION, AND DEEP GROUND IN LOWER SALMON RIVER DRAINAGE; EXPECTED ANNUAL PRODUCTION IS 10000 OUNCES PLATINUM FROM DREDGE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 16 SQ MI.; TRIBUTARIES OF SALMON RIVER NEAR GOODNEWS MINING CAMP; AREA OF INTEREST ALONG EFLANKS OF RED & THORSEN MOUNTAINS LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B1374, P. 49-50
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-168-B P. 24
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-168D, P.50
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