The Sinuk River is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Sinuk River MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sinuk 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: Past Producer
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 (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The upper Sinuk River region was recognized as gold bearing as early as 1900. Both Boulder Creek (NM119) and Independence Creek (MN126) were worked on a small scale before 1903. Some claim activity south of Green Gulch was reported as recently as 1982 (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = As indicated by mining claim locations (Kardex site Kx 52-308; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982), exploitation of the gold-bearing high-level gravels in this area was considered in the early days of the district and possibly as recently as 1982 on claims near 'Irish Hill' (hill 1335 south of Green Gulch). Collier and others (1908, p. 216) reported 'good prospects' in this area, including one 2-pennyweight (0.1 ounce) nugget found several hundred feet above Sinuk River. High-level gold-bearing gravels were reworked to form small economic placer deposits at Rulby Creek (NM016) and Green Gulch (NM127). A possible Tertiary source for some alluvial gold was reported at Coal Creek (NM129), an unnamed creek just north of the Nome-Teller road. Boulders of metamorphic and plutonic rocks from the Kigluaik Mountains are reported in the high-level gravels. Exploitation has in general been precluded by the cost of water delivery to these high-level gravel prospects.
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = A possible gold resource exists in high-level gravels of the area.
References
Reference (Deposit): Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982, Mining claim location maps -- Nome quadrangle: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 8 p., 3 sheets, scales 1:63,360 and 1:250,000.
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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