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Little Bremner River 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. 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 10000879
MRDS ID A011533
Record type Site
Current site name Little Bremner River Placer
Related records 10282706

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.42389, 61.1513 (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 A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park(National Park)

National Park UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS CONFLUENCE OF LITTLE BREMNER RIVER AND FALLS CREEK, NEAR SITE OF 1911 ACTIVITY; USGS BULL 576, PLATE II SHOWS TWO PLACERDEPOSITS ON L. BREMNER BETWEEN GLACIER AND PORCUPINE CR. 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) -144.42389, 61.1513
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLACER IS LOCATED IN A FLAT FILLED WITH OUTWASH IN A GLACIAL VALLEYCARVED IN SLATE AND GRAYWACKE BEDROCK OF VALDEZ GROUP ; MAJOR.UNITS: CRETACEOUS VALDEZ GROUP SLATE AND GRAYWACKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901

Mining district

District name Nizina

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION SMALL

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED 1901; A LITTLE MINING BETWEEN 1910-1911; DRILLED IN 1911; APPARENTLY ABANDONED SOON AFTER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR PLACER MINING IN THIS AREA IF GOLD CONTENT SHOULD PROVE COMMERCIAL IN VOLUME." ADGGS OFR 25, P. 13 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit MOST ACTIVITY WAS ON FLAT 1-2 MI LONG AND 1/4 MI WIDE JUST BELOW HEAD OF GLACIER FEEDING LITTLE BREMNER; DRILLING IN 1911 REVEALED 47 FT OF SURFICIAL MATERIAL COMPOSED OF 7 FT OF AURIFEROUS COARSE GRAVEL OVERLYING 40 FT OF GLACIAL MUD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-85 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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