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Grubstake Gulch Area

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000527
MRDS ID A010723
Record type Site
Current site name Grubstake Gulch Area
Alternate or previous names Includes: Gubstake Gulch, Willow Creek, Homestake Creek
Related records 10210014

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.43602, 61.75788 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1/4 MILE E OF CONFLUENCE OF WILLOW & CRAIGIE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 10 SQ MI.; INCLUDES HOMESTAKE CREEK, WILLOW CREEK AND LOWER PORTION OF CRAIGIE CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABOUT 60 THOUSAND OUNCES OF PLACER GOLD PRODUCED FROM THIS AREA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.43602, 61.75788
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: MICA SCHIST ; REG.COM: LODE DEPOSIT (NEAR THORPE MINE) AT FORK OF GRUBSTAKE GULCH, AN LODE DEPOSITS DRAINING INTO WILLOW CREEK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT HALF OF TOTAL PRODUCTION OF WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT ACCOUNTED FOR BY THIS AREA'S PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • BENCH GRAVELS CONTAIN PANNABLE FREE GOLD, BUT BOULDERS MAKE MINING DIFFICULT

Comments on development

  • MINING WAS STILL IN PROGRESS IN 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN ONE HALF OF DISTRICT PRODUCTION CAME FROM OPERATIONS ON GRUBSTAKE GULCH AND THE PART OF WILLOW CREEK IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE MOUTH OF GRUBSTAKE GULCH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Garrison, Michael T. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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