Kougarok River

The Kougarok River is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 141 feet.

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: Kougarok River
Secondary: Quartz Creek
Secondary: Independence Creek
Secondary: Ryan Gulch
Secondary: Pca 1-621
Secondary: Cpa 1-170
Secondary: Win 1-52
Secondary: Bb6 #1-#677
Secondary: Lower Kougarok River
Secondary: Checkers Creek
Secondary: Ani 1-14

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Placid Oil Co.-John Graham
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1982

Owner Name: Greatland Exploration, Ltd.
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1982

Owner Name: Placid Oil
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: Toner And Murphy
Info Year: 1978

Owner Name: Pan Central Alaska Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1978

Production

Year: 1942
Description: 346 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 34 Troy Ounces Silver

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1973
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Geology): BEDROCK IS COMPLEXLY FAULTED PRE-ORD. METASEDIMENTARY AND MAFIC VOLCANIC OR INTRUSIVE ROCKS AND YOUNGER PALEOZOIC CARBONATES. QUARTZ VEINS THAT CARRY PYRITE AND/OR COPPER SULFIDES ARE COMMON. PLACER CONCENTRATES CONTAIN MAGNETITE, PYRITE, GALENA, SILVER RICH SULFIDE, CASSITERITE, AND GOLD CEMENTED FRACTURED QUARTZ. MOST PLACERS ARE SPATIALLY CORRELATED WITH ALTERED HIGH ANGLE OR THRUST FAULT ZONES WHICH CONTAIN CRUSHED QTZ VEINLETS OR FINE SIO2 WITH PYRITE. ADDITIONAL DEPOSIT NAMES: CC 1-18,NEV 1-42,SN 1-8,KR 1-52, ZER 1-42,END 1-11,JOHN 1-10,NS 1-6,NIG 1-14,MOU 1-24.

References

Reference (Deposit): B442s pp. 364-365

Reference (Deposit): B480c p. 42

Reference (Deposit): B592u pp. 388, 394

Reference (Deposit): B622r p. 372

Reference (Deposit): BMB142 pp. 27-28

Reference (Deposit): B662q p. 452

Reference (Deposit): B712h p. 189

Reference (Deposit): B773a p. 27

Reference (Deposit): B783a p. 18

Reference (Deposit): B792a pp. 22, 24

Reference (Deposit): B797a pp. 27, 30

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 42

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 47

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-192

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-229

Reference (Deposit): SP4 p. 69

Reference (Deposit): P2 pp. 62, 64

Reference (Deposit): B314l pp. 169-172, 176-178

Reference (Deposit): B328 pp. 305-309, 315-320

Reference (Deposit): B345m pp. 228, 244

Reference (Deposit): B345n p. 266

Reference (Deposit): B358 p. 63

Reference (Deposit): B379p p. 296

Reference (Deposit): OF51 p. 46

Reference (Deposit): C265 pp. 4, 6

Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 118

Reference (Deposit): OF377 p. 30

Reference (Deposit): MF417

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 44

Reference (Deposit): OF536 p. 2

Reference (Deposit): B1374 pp. 76-77

Reference (Deposit): B836a pp. 48-49

Reference (Deposit): B844A pp. 48, 54

Reference (Deposit): B857A pp. 45, 51

Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 51

Reference (Deposit): B868A pp. 53, 59

Reference (Deposit): B880A pp. 55, 62

Reference (Deposit): B897A pp. 63, 71

Reference (Deposit): B910A pp. 65-66, 76

Reference (Deposit): B917A pp. 64, 75

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 61

Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 58, 68

Reference (Deposit): TDM5R p. 22

Reference (Deposit): THE MAPMAKERS p. 18

Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82

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