The Sinuk River (lower) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Sinuk River (lower) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sinuk River (lower)
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: 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 (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Mining claim activity between 1968 and 1978 was reported along a portion of lower Sinuk River at location 253 about 2 miles below the mouth of Camp Creek and 4 miles upstream from the mouth of Sinuk River on Norton Sound (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982). Paleozoic marble bedrock is locally exposed along Sinuk River in this area (Sainsbury and others, 1972 [OFR 72-322]). The river reworks a mantle of surficial deposits that lie on bedrock; glacial materials may be present (Sainsbury and others, 1972 [OFR 72-322]). The nature of the placer deposits has not been reported.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Active mining claims were reported along lower Sinuk River in 1968 (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982, location 253). The same Kardex site number and activity date were reported by Heiner and Porter (1972), but they called the location Cherry Creek. The claims were abandoned in 1978.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Heiner, L.E., and Porter, Eve, 1972, Alaska Mineral Properties, volume 2: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 24, 669 p.
Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., Hudson, T.L., Ewing, Rodney, and Marsh, W.R., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nome C-3 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-322, 9 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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.
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