Sinuk River (lower)

The Sinuk River (lower) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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