The Stuyahok River Gold is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Stuyahok River Gold MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stuyahok River Gold
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
District: Anvik
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary/Quaternary
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Cobb (1973) estimated production at 23,000 - 30,000 oz. of Au. Mined from 1921-1940.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer; modern stream, bench(?)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The area is underlain mainly by andesitic to dacitic flows and agglomerates, andesitic and felsic tuffs, volcaniclastic sandstones and siltstones, and graywacke of the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Koyukuk terrane. Scattered throughout the area are younger (Tertiary ?) felsic and mafic dikes which cut the older rocks. A complete geologic description of the Stuyahok area is available in USGS Open-File Report 96-505-A (Miller and others, 1996)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface: Hydraulic and dragline methods used.; Drilling and sampling was done in gold placer deposits in 1994 by a crew from Calista Corporation and in 1995 by the USGS and Calista Corporation. A cut was leased and mined from 1994 through 1996.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Miller and others, 1996
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Holy Cross quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-376, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Miller, M.L., Bundtzen, T.K., Keith, W.J., Bailey, E.A., Bickerstaff, Damon, 1996, Geology and mineral resources of the Stuyahok area, part of Holy Cross A-4 and A-5 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-505-A, 30 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.
Reference (Deposit): Swainbank, R.C., Bundtzen, T.K., Clough, A.H., Henning, M.W., and Hansen E.W., 1995, Alaska's mineral industry 1994: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 49, 77 p.
Reference (Deposit): Harrington, G.L., 1918, The Anvik-Andreafsky region, Alaska (including the Marshall district): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 683, 70 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.
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