Alaska
Past Producer

Shungnak River

Alaska, United States
GoldCopperSilverJade
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryCopper, Silver, Jade
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Nephrite, Silver, Copper
Geology
Host rockGravel
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10000540
MRDS IDA010738
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates66.99564, -157.30845
References
Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.Cobb, E.H., 1977, Placer deposit map of central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168B, 64 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.Mayfield, C.F. and Grybeck, D., 1978, Mineral occurrences and resource map of the Ambler river quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-120I, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Smith. P.S., 1913, The Noatak-Kobuk region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 536, 60 p.Reed, I.M., 1931, Report on the placer deposits of the upper Kobuk goldfields: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 37-1, 57 p.