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Hogatza Area

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000553
MRDS ID A010760
Record type Site
Current site name Hogatza Area
Alternate or previous names Bear Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.71998, 66.19398 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hughes A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Hughes S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hughes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 8 SQ. MI. ALONG BEAR CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.71998, 66.19398
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REG.COM: PROBABLY CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN UPPER CRETACEOUS MONZONITE AND LOWER CRETACEOUS ANDESITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1957
Year of last production 1984

Mining district

District name Hughes District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alaska Gold Co.

Comments on the production information

  • HAS PRODUCED A MINIMUM OF 10,000 TOZ AU SINCE 1957 AND POSSIBLY MUCH MORE. ACTIVELY PRODUCING AS OF 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED WITH A BUCKET LINE DREDGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THESE ARE REWORKED GLACIAL DEPOSITS

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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