Anikovik River (alternate Anakovik) is a

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in the U.S. state of

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. It heads in the

York Mountains York Mountains are located on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. They extend inland from the Bering Sea to the rocky cape of the same name. On the seaward sides, the streams have incised canyon-like valleys. Eastward, the York Mou ...

about from the

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. As it leaves the mountains, it has a westerly course, but bending sharply to the south, it flows in that direction to the sea. It has a broad, flat flood plain, from to in width. In the upper part of its course, the river flows in greenstones, but below its bend, to the south, it cuts phyllites and

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s. A rough estimate of the fall of river makes it about per mile. Buhner Creek joins Anakovik River about above the mouth of Deer Creek. It is situated about east of Cape Prince of Wales and is long. Through the greater part of its length, it flows across the York Plateau, in which it has cut a comparatively broad valley. For several miles above its mouth, the valley and river bed contain gravels several feet deep and wide. In 1900, the whole of this river was regarded as gold-placer ground, but eventually, all the workings were abandoned. The fine gold was generally bright, but the nuggets were iron stained.

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and

magnetite Magnetite is a mineral and one of the main iron ores, with the chemical formula Fe2+Fe3+2O4. It is one of the oxides of iron, and is ferrimagnetic; it is attracted to a magnet and can be magnetized to become a permanent magnet itself. With the ...

were found with the gold in the concentrates. A small settlement at the mouth of Anakovik River, known as

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, is the distributing point for the region; it is about from Nome and from

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References

* * {{authority control Rivers of the Seward Peninsula Rivers of Alaska Rivers of Nome Census Area, Alaska Rivers of Unorganized Borough, Alaska