Sinuk River

The Sinuk River is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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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: Sinuk River  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 64.7011, -165.94580

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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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