Kougarok-Henry

The Kougarok-Henry is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 440 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-Henry
Secondary: Kougarok River
Secondary: Nos. 1-2 Reindeek Bench
Secondary: No. 2 Ll Bench Above Merrits Disc
Secondary: Nos. 12-13 R. L. Benchs
Secondary: Holbrook Discovery Bench
Secondary: Triangle Fraction
Secondary: Nos. 1-2 Kelley Bench
Secondary: Mabel Bench
Secondary: Nos. 2-3 Above Merrits Discovery

Commodity

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

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Streeter And Chaney
Info Year: 1978

Owner Name: S. L. Godfrey
Info Year: 1978

Owner Name: Lucky Syndicate
Info Year: 1978

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
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 (Deposit): AREA HAS BEEN DREDGED, AND SHAFT MINED SINCE 1900. NO BROKEN DOWN PRODUCTION RECORDS. BEDROCK IS COMPLEXLY FAULTED PRE-ORD. METASEDIMENTARY AND MAFIC VOLCANIC OR INTRUSIVE ROCKS AND YOUNGER PALEOZOIC CARBONATES. QTZ 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. REFENCE POINT AT CONFLUENCE OF HENRY CR. AND KOUGAROK RIVER. MINING ALONG KOUGAROK RIVER NEAR THE MOUTH OF HENRY CREEK.

References

Reference (Deposit): B797a pp. 27, 30

Reference (Deposit): B917A pp. 64, 75

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 61

Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 58, 68

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 42

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 47

Reference (Deposit): B897A pp. 63, 71

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

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): TDM5R p. 22

Reference (Deposit): OF377 p. 30

Reference (Deposit): MF417

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 44

Reference (Deposit): B1374 pp. 76-77

Reference (Deposit): THE MAPMAKERS p. 18

Reference (Deposit): OF75-429

Reference (Deposit): B722f p. 181

Reference (Deposit): B739a p. 9

Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 14

Reference (Deposit): B773a p. 27

Reference (Deposit): B783a p. 18

Reference (Deposit): B792a pp. 22, 24

Reference (Deposit): B712h p. 189

Reference (Deposit): B714k p. 233

Reference (Deposit): B722a p. 63

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-039

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-044

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-049

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-163

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-165

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-166

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-170

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-179

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-209

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): B442s pp. 364-365

Reference (Deposit): B480c p. 42

Reference (Deposit): B592u pp. 388, 394

Reference (Deposit): B622r p. 372

Reference (Deposit): BMB142

Reference (Deposit): B662q p. 452

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