Gold Bullion Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Mercury
Sections on this page
  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 10000935
MRDS ID A011607
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bullion Mine
Alternate or previous names New Bullion, Ready Bullion
Related records 10233904

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.33075, 61.78928 (WGS84)

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

  • LOCATION IS PRINTED ON ANCHORAGE D7 QUAD. 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
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Talkeetna Batholith
    Rock description Talkeetna Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.33075, 61.78928

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Willow Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY MORE THAN 5220 FT UNDERGROUND WORKINGS; MILL AND CYANIDE PLANT ON SITE; EXTENSIVE SURFACE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING AERIAL TRAM; WORKINGS REPORTED INACCESSIBLE IN 1950

Comments on development

  • STAKED 1907, MILL INSTALLED 1908, CYANIDE PLANT IN 1914, MINED ALMOST CONTINUALLY 1909-1927; TAILINGS CYANIDED 1939-1940; CLOSED AND INACCESSIBLE IN 1950

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE OR MORE QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 14 FT THICK CARRYING FREE GOLD, PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE; CUT INTO SEGMENTS OF VARIABLE THICKNESS BY AT LEAST 3 FAULTS; CINNABAR IN FRACTURES IN QUARTZ
Deposit ONE OF THE MAJOR MINES OF THE WILLOW CR. DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-85 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 30-MAY-95 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED DATA INTO WORKINGS AND ORE BODY MULTIVALUED FIELDS

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.