Snake River (lower)

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Snake River (lower)

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Nome

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

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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

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Sainsbury and others, 1972 (OFR 72-321)

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Mining claims on lower Snake River were probably located for Hammon Consolidated Goldfields by 1925. Sainsbury and others (1972 [OFR 72-321]) reported a mine here, probably based on aerial observation of tailings.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The entire Snake River drainage south of Last Chance Creek in the Nome C-1 quadrangle was reported as auriferous by Collier and others (1908) but not in economic quantities. This site, reported as a mine by Sainsbury and others (1972 [OFR 72-321]), was located as early as 1925, probably for Hammon Consolidated Goldfields. The claims here were patented in U.S. Mineral Survey No. 1846. This placer could include raised beach placers as well as a segment of the Snake River flood plain that reworked placer deposits of the coastal plain.

References

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.

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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