Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TA026; on Kiknik Creek), Aniak Mining District, Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TA026; on Kiknik Creek) | - not defined - |
| Aniak Mining District | Mining District |
| Dillingham Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
60° 51' 17'' North , 157° 33' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Location: Kiknik Creek is the major drainage southwest of the Taylor Mountains. This placer occurrence is on Kiknik Creek at an elevation of about 440 feet. It is about 1.3 miles upstream from the mouth of Whitewater Creek and about 0.5 mile west of the center of section 24, T. 9 N., R. 47 W. The location is accurate.
Geology: This placer gold occurrence is in alluvial sediments mostly derived from clastic sedimentary rocks of the Kuskokwim Group in the headwaters of Kiknik Creek. This occurrence is about 1.5 miles downstream of the confluence of Kiknik Creek and an unnamed north tributary with a rich headwater placer (TA024). The Bureau of Land Management collected a stream- sediment sample that contained 0.192 part per million (ppm) gold and a panned-concentrate contained 5.55 ppm gold (Ellefson and others, 2005).
Workings: The only documented work in this area is reconnaissance sampling by the Bureau of Land Management in the summer of 2004.
Age: Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| Au | Gold | |
|---|---|---|
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | TA026 |
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