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May Gulch

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. Mineral occurrence model 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002028
MRDS ID A012875
Record type Site
Current site name May Gulch
Related records 10233227

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.67023, 64.65539 (WGS84)
Relative position May Gulch is the southern headwater tributary of Hungry Creek (NM149). Hungry Creek is an east tributary of Oregon Creek. The mouth of Hungry Creek is three quarters of a mile upstream from the junction of Oregon Creek and Cripple River at the Nome-Teller road. The location is the same as locality 77 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]). Its location is accurate to within about 1,000 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sitnasuak Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.67023, 64.65539
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Collier and others (1908, p. 215) reported that prospect holes sunk 20 feet into washed gravel found small gold flecks throughout the gravel. The prospect holes did not encounter bedrock. Bundtzen and others (1994) mapped some placer tailings in the lower part of May Gulch; bedrock was not exposed here, but it is probably chlorite-rich metaturbite graphitic schist (Bundzten and others, 1994).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Some 20-foot-deep prospect pits were reported to have been dug in upper May Gulch before 1908 (Collier and others, 1908); placer tailings were mapped in lower May Gulch by Bundtzen and others (1994).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAR-00 Hawley, C.C. Hawley Resource Group
Reporter 12-MAR-00 Travis L. Hudson Hawley Resource Group

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