The Penny River is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Penny River MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Penny 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 (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Sainsbury and others, 1972 (OFR 72-321)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface placer mine workings or shaft dumps are probably present at the site.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A placer mine was shown by Sainsbury and others (1972 [OFR 72-321]) on the east side of Penny River 1.3 miles upstream from its mouth. It is not known if this placer is in the Penny River alluvium or if it is associated with raised beach deposits of the coastal plain.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au; alluvial or beach placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., Hudson, T.L., Ewing, Rodney, and Marsh, W.R., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nome C-2 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-321, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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