Slug River

The Slug River is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Slug River

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bristol Bay region

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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): Production Notes = A few hundred dollars worth (a few tens of ounces at the most) of gold were reported to have been recovered (Smith, 1939 [B 910-A; B 917-A]).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Smith, 1939 (B 910-A)

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Hand mining probably took place in a few places along Slug River gravel bars.

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Somewhere in Slug River valley, a few hundred dollars worth (a few tens of ounces) of placer gold were recovered in 1937 (Smith, 1939 [B 910-A; B 917-A]).

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S. 1939, Mineral industry in Alaska in 1937: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 910-A, p. 1-113.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1939, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1938: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 917-A, p. 1-113.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1939, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1937: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 910-A, p. 1-113.

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