Tisuk River

The Tisuk River is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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

Name: Tisuk River  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 64.9685, -166.20310

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Tisuk River MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tisuk River


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Alaska
District: Nome


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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 (Geology): Age = Holocene.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Probably some exploration by pan or rocker before WWI.

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Collier and others (1908, plate X) show a several-mile stretch of Tisuk River above the coastal plain as auriferous but without productive placer deposits. The auriferous part of the river has a flood plain at least one-half mile wide. Gold deposits are likely to be point bar and meander-like concentrations produced in recent times and of transient nature. Bedrock, exposed at least locally along most of Tisuk River above the coastal plain, is primarily a mafic metavolcanic assemblage (Sainsbury, Smith, and Kachadoorian, 1972).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive


References

Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., Smith, T.E., and Kachadoorian, Reuben, 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nome D-3 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-327, 14 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Collier, A. J., Hess, F.L., Smith, P.S., and Brooks, A.H., 1908, The gold placers of parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, including the Nome, Council, Kougarok, Port Clarence, and Goodhope precincts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 328, 343 p.


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