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Eaglecliff Bench Placer

Past 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000568
MRDS ID A011014
Record type Site
Current site name Eaglecliff Bench Placer
Related records 10184787

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.01995, 67.04968 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 12 MI E SE OF CHAPMAN ISLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiseman A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
026N 012W 2930 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • EXTENT OF PLACER UNKNOWN, NORTHWEST BANK OF SOUTH FORK, KOYUKUK 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) -150.01995, 67.04968
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: GRAVELS ON ROCK-CUT BENCH 10 TO 12 FT ABOVE LOW-WATER STAGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Koyukuk District

Comments on the workings information

  • WATERWHEEL USED TO RAISE WATER TO PLACER (1899). FOUR OR FIVE MEN WORKED PLACER IN 1910--. WINNING 1,500 DOLLARS IN GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Bliss, James D. (Smith, Zelina T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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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