The Unnamed (on the Stikine River) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (on the Stikine River) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (on the Stikine River)
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Petersburg
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Fine placer gold was found on bars of the Stikine River in the 1860's during early exploration for gold in Alaska. There is no record of claims of significant gold placers in the Stikine or tributaries since before the turn of the century. The diggings are probably best thought of as prospects rather than mines even if small amounts of gold were produced.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Blake, 1868
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = None
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Probably trivial.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = In view of the many generations of prospectors and others who for more than 100 years have passed along the natural corridor of the Stikine River into the interior of Canada without any further mention of placer gold on the Stikine river, this site should now be considered as little more than a historic artifact.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Fine placer gold was found on unspecified bars on Stikine River in the 1860's during early exploration for gold in Alaska when Russia still owned Alaska and the Hudson Bay Company maintained a trading post at Wrangell near the mouth of the Stikine River (Blake, 1860, Spurr, 1898). However, there is no record of placer claims on the Stikine nor any record of placer mining since at least 1900.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E. H., 1972, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Petersburg Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-870, 53 p.
Reference (Deposit): Spurr, J.E., 1898, Geology of the Yukon gold district, Alaska, with an introductory chapter on the history and conditions of the district to 1897 by H.B. Goodrich: U.S. Geological Survey 18th Annual Report, Part 3, p. 87-392.
Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D.J., Berg, H.C., and Karl, S.M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Blake, W.P., 1868, Geographic notes upon Russian America and the Stikine River: 40th Congress, 2nd Session, House Executive Document 177, part 2, 19 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-870, 53 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-415, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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