The Nadina River is a gold and pge mine located in Alaska.
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Nadina River MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nadina River
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: PGE
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chistochina
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Ruthenium
Ore: Rhodium
Ore: Osmium
Ore: Iridium
Ore: Palladium
Ore: Platinum
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = (Discredited Au-PGE placer)
Comment (Geology): Age = Probably no placers exist but if so, they would be Holocene.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Mendenhall and Schrader, 1903
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The creek was actively prospecting beginning in about 1899, but apparently with no results and there is no indication of any activity after about 1903. One shaft was reportedly 67 feet deep.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Most of the wash in the Nadina River is unaltered andesitic lava and tuff of the Mt. Drum volcano (Mendenhall and Schrader, 1903, p. 63-64). As early as 1899, there were rumors of very high grade gold and platinum in the sediments of Nadina River. The river was staked and intensively prospected; one shaft was reportedly 67 feet deep. The Geological Survey collected many samples from the area but was unable to confirm any concentration of gold or platinum metals, and there has been no further reports of placers along the river.
References
Reference (Deposit): Mendenhall, W.C., and Schrader, F.C., 1903, The mineral resources of the Mount Wrangell district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 15, 71 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Gulkana quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1247, 36 p.
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