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Solomon Gulch Placers

Occurrence 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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000873
MRDS ID A011526
Record type Site
Current site name Solomon Gulch Placers
Related records 10258613

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.04062, 61.28711 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • POSITION GIVEN IS ARBITRARY POINT ON SOLOMON GULCH; EXACT LOCATIONSOF INDIVIDUAL SMALL SCALE OPERATIONS UNKNOWN; SEE: USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 64 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result NO DATA

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.04062, 61.28711
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF CRETACEOUS VALDEZ GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898

Mining district

District name Port Valdez

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SCALE METHODS ONLY

Comments on development

  • PLACER CLAIMS STAKED 1898; EXPLORED FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE 1914;NOT MINED ON A SIGNIFICANT SCALE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY SMALL GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS; NEVER MINED ON ANY SIGNIFICANT SCALE
Deposit SITE OF A LITTLE UNSUCCESSFUL SMALL-SCALE PLACER MINING AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY; SEE ALSO: LOWE RIVER ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) 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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