The Innoko River is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Innoko River MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Innoko River
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Innoko
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 (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Roehm, 1937
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See also Victor Gulch (OP017).
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = During 1937 the Ophir Development Company operated a Kirk-Hillman airplane drill and drilled for 2 miles along the west side of the Innoko River somewhere between the mouth of Ganes Creek to Ophir Creek (Roehm, 1937). Roehm (1937) writes that good results were reported, but there is no indication of further activity.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The area drained by this part of the Innoko River is underlain mainly by undivided clastic sedimentary rocks. The river also drains several monzonite intrusive bodies (Chapman and others, 1985), and probably flows across dikes varying in composition from andesite to rhyolite, similar to those in the Ganes Creek (OP018) area. During 1937 the Ophir Development Company operated a Kirk-Hillman airplane drill and drilled for 2 miles along the west side of the Innoko River somewhere between the mouth of Ganes Creek to Ophir Creek (Roehm, 1937). Roehm (1937) writes that good results were reported, but there is no indication of futher activity.
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
References
Reference (Deposit): Roehm, J.C., 1937, Summary report of mining investigations in the Innoko, Mt. McKinley, Knik, and Talkeetna precincts: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Itinerary Report 195-17, 16 p.
Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Green, C.B., Deagen, J., and Daniels, C.L., 1987, Alaska's mineral industry, 1986: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 40, 68 p.
Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., Patton, W.W., and Moll, E.J., 1985, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Ophir quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-203, 1 sheet, 1:250,000 scale.
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